Multifunctional carbon nanotube yarns by downsizing an ancient technology

Science

Volumn 306, Issue 5700, 2004, Pages 1358-1361

  Zhang, Mei ^a   Atkinson, Ken R ^b   Baughman, Ray H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FIBERS; INFILTRATION; POLYMERS; STRAIN; YARN;

LIQUID NITROGEN; YARN STRENGTH;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; POLYMER;

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

AIR; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY; FIBER; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYSTERESIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRENGTH; TECHNOLOGY; TORQUE; YARN;

EID: 8844232743     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1104276     Document Type: Article

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22. We thank the staff of the University of Texas at Dallas NanoTech Institute and clean room for their assistance. Supported by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency/U.S. Army Research Office grant W911NF-04-1-0174, Texas Advanced Technology Program grant 009741-0130-2003, and the Robert A. Welch Foundation.