Super-stretchable spring-like carbon nanotube ropes

Yuanyuan Shang, Xiaodong He, Yibin Li, Luhui Zhang, Zhen Li, Chunyan Ji, Enzheng Shi, Peixu Li, Ke Zhu, Qingyu Peng, Chao Wang, Xinjiang Zhang, Rongguo Wang, Jinquan Wei, Kunlin Wang, Hongwei Zhu, Dehai Wu, Anyuan Cao

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Abstract

Spring-like carbon nanotube ropes consisting of perfectly arranged loops are fabricated by spinning single-walled nanotube films, and can sustain tensile strains as high as 285%.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2896-2900
Number of pages5
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume24
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Jun 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • carbon nanotubes
  • ropes
  • springs
  • super-stretchable

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