Macroscopic, Neat, Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Fibers
Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology · Rice University · +1 more institution
Abstract
Well-aligned macroscopic fibers composed solely of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) were produced by conventional spinning. Fuming sulfuric acid charges SWNTs and promotes their ordering into an aligned phase of individual mobile SWNTs surrounded by acid anions. This ordered dispersion was extruded via solution spinning into continuous lengths of macroscopic neat SWNT fibers. Such fibers possess interesting structural composition and physical properties.
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 23.27
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 30
Authors
24- LMLars M. Ericson
Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, University of Pennsylvania
- HFHua Fan
Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, University of Pennsylvania
- HPHaiqing Peng
Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, University of Pennsylvania
- VAVirginia A. Davis
Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, University of Pennsylvania
- WZWei Zhou
Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, University of Pennsylvania
Topics & keywords
- Carbon nanotube
- Spinning
- Materials science
- Sulfuric acid
- Dispersion (optics)
- Chemical engineering
- Nanotube
- Composite material