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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