Broader applications of carbon nanotubes to real-world problems have largely gone unfulfilled because of difficult material synthesis and laborious processing. We report high-performance multifunctional carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers that combine the specific strength, stiffness, and thermal conductivity of carbon fibers with the specific electrical conductivity of metals. These fibers consist of bulk-grown CNTs and are produced by high-throughput wet spinning, the same process used to produce high-performance industrial fibers. These scalable CNT fibers are positioned for high-value applications, such as aerospace electronics and field emission, and can evolve into engineered materials with broad long-term impact, from consumer electronics to long-range power transmission.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Behabtu_2013_Sci
%A Behabtu, Natnael
%A Young, Colin C
%A Tsentalovich, Dmitri E
%A Kleinerman, Olga
%A Wang, Xuan
%A Ma, Anson W K
%A Bengio, E Amram
%A ter Waarbeek, Ron F
%A de Jong, Jorrit J
%A Hoogerwerf, Ron E
%A Fairchild, Steven B
%A Ferguson, John B
%A Maruyama, Benji
%A Kono, Junichiro
%A Talmon, Yeshayahu
%A Cohen, Yachin
%A Otto, Marcin J
%A Pasquali, Matteo
%D 2013
%J Science
%K CNT Conductivity Nature_Science
%N 6116
%P 182--6
%R 10.1126/science.1228061
%T Strong, light, multifunctional fibers of carbon nanotubes with ultrahigh conductivity
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23307737
%V 339
%X Broader applications of carbon nanotubes to real-world problems have largely gone unfulfilled because of difficult material synthesis and laborious processing. We report high-performance multifunctional carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers that combine the specific strength, stiffness, and thermal conductivity of carbon fibers with the specific electrical conductivity of metals. These fibers consist of bulk-grown CNTs and are produced by high-throughput wet spinning, the same process used to produce high-performance industrial fibers. These scalable CNT fibers are positioned for high-value applications, such as aerospace electronics and field emission, and can evolve into engineered materials with broad long-term impact, from consumer electronics to long-range power transmission.
@article{Behabtu_2013_Sci,
abstract = {Broader applications of carbon nanotubes to real-world problems have largely gone unfulfilled because of difficult material synthesis and laborious processing. We report high-performance multifunctional carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers that combine the specific strength, stiffness, and thermal conductivity of carbon fibers with the specific electrical conductivity of metals. These fibers consist of bulk-grown CNTs and are produced by high-throughput wet spinning, the same process used to produce high-performance industrial fibers. These scalable CNT fibers are positioned for high-value applications, such as aerospace electronics and field emission, and can evolve into engineered materials with broad long-term impact, from consumer electronics to long-range power transmission.},
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author = {Behabtu, Natnael and Young, Colin C and Tsentalovich, Dmitri E and Kleinerman, Olga and Wang, Xuan and Ma, Anson W K and Bengio, E Amram and ter Waarbeek, Ron F and de Jong, Jorrit J and Hoogerwerf, Ron E and Fairchild, Steven B and Ferguson, John B and Maruyama, Benji and Kono, Junichiro and Talmon, Yeshayahu and Cohen, Yachin and Otto, Marcin J and Pasquali, Matteo},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2937199c8ecc39b4c32294f9157344fce/antmw},
doi = {10.1126/science.1228061},
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issn = {1095-9203},
journal = {Science},
keywords = {CNT Conductivity Nature_Science},
month = jan,
number = 6116,
pages = {182--6},
pmid = {23307737},
timestamp = {2014-03-22T17:05:02.000+0100},
title = {Strong, light, multifunctional fibers of carbon nanotubes with ultrahigh conductivity},
url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23307737},
volume = 339,
year = 2013
}