Strong Carbon Nanotube Fibers by Drawing Inspiration from Polymer Fiber Spinning

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 7392-7398

  Alemán, Belén ^a   Reguero, Víctor ^a   Mas, Bartolomé ^a   Vilatela, Juan J ^a  

^a IMDEA MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

CNT fiber; CVD synthesis; dilution; drawing; fiber orientation; high performance; polymer

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DILUTION; DRAWING (GRAPHICS); FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FIBERS; FLOW OF GASES; IONIZATION OF GASES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); POLYMERS; X RAY SCATTERING; YARN;

CARBON NANOTUBE FIBERS; CARRIER GAS FLOW RATES; CNT FIBERS; CONTINUOUS FIBERS; CVD SYNTHESIS; HIGH-PERFORMANCE; HIGH-PERFORMANCE FIBERS; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL;

SPINNING (FIBERS);

CARBON FIBERS; DENSIFICATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SPINNING; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84938125694     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b02408     Document Type: Article

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