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Spinning yarn from long carbon nanotube arrays

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Chaminda Jayasinghe ,
Supriya Chakrabarti ,
Mark J. Schulz  and
Vesselin Shanov
Chaminda Jayasinghe
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical and Material Science Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0012
Supriya Chakrabarti
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical and Material Science Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0012
Mark J. Schulz
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0072
Vesselin Shanov*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical and Material Science Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0012
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: Vesselin.Shanov@uc.edu
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Abstract

Spinning carbon nanotube (CNT) thread directly from 4–6 mm long aligned carbon nanotube arrays is reported here. The strength of carbon nanotube thread was improved by optimizing the chemical vapor deposition parameters for growing long aligned carbon nanotube arrays. The morphological and structural characterization of CNT arrays and threads were studied by Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy. After optimization of growth parameters threads were spun with diameters between 10 and 70 μm. We have achieved thread strength of about 280 MPa.

Keywords

Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) (deposition)Nanostructure
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 26 , Issue 5 , 14 March 2011 , pp. 645 - 651
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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