Abstract

A simple method was used to assemble single-walled carbon nanotubes into indefinitely long ribbons and fibers. The processing consists of dispersing the nanotubes in surfactant solutions, recondensing the nanotubes in the flow of a polymer solution to form a nanotube mesh, and then collating this mesh to a nanotube fiber. Flow-induced alignment may lead to a preferential orientation of the nanotubes in the mesh that has the form of a ribbon. Unlike classical carbon fibers, the nanotube fibers can be strongly bent without breaking. Their obtained elastic modulus is 10 times higher than the modulus of high-quality bucky paper.

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Carbon nanotubeMaterials scienceNanotubeRibbonComposite materialBuckypaperFiberModulusMechanical properties of carbon nanotubesPolymerBent molecular geometryNanotechnology

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Year
2000
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article
Volume
290
Issue
5495
Pages
1331-1334
Citations
1820
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Brigitte Vigolo, Alain Pénicaud, C. Coulon et al. (2000). Macroscopic Fibers and Ribbons of Oriented Carbon Nanotubes. Science , 290 (5495) , 1331-1334. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.290.5495.1331

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10.1126/science.290.5495.1331