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Continuous Direct Spinning of Fibers of Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Metallic Chirality
Author(s) -
Sundaram Rajyashree M.,
Koziol Krzysztof K. K.,
Windle Alan H.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201102754
Subject(s) - carbon nanotube , materials science , spinning , chirality (physics) , nanotechnology , fiber , metal , nanotube , composite material , physics , chiral symmetry breaking , quantum mechanics , quark , nambu–jona lasinio model , metallurgy
The electrical properties of single‐walled carbon nanotubes depend critically on their structure. Using a method for spinning of nanotube based fibers directly from the synthesis reaction zone, the critical control of sulfur precursors in the reaction allows the production of a fiber consisting of single‐walled carbon nanotubes with the same, sought after metallic properties, and chiral angle.