Yarn spun from carbon nanotube forests: Production, structure, properties and applications--颗粒学报PARTICUOLOGY

Miao, M. (2013). Yarn spun from carbon nanotube forests: Production, structure, properties and applications. Particuology, 11(4), 378–393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.partic.2012.06.017

Yarn spun from carbon nanotube forests: Production, structure, properties and applications

Menghe Miao^*

CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, PO Box 21, Belmont, Victoria 3216, Australia

10.1016/j.partic.2012.06.017

Volume 11, Issue 4, August 2013, Pages 378-393

Received 29 April 2012, Revised 21 June 2012, Accepted 25 June 2012, Available online 28 February 2013.

E-mail: menghe.miao@csiro.au

Highlights

► A critical review of the science and technology of carbon nanotube yarns.

► Covering the complete pipeline from synthesis to yarn production and applications.

► Unique insights into the carbon nanotube yarn structure–property relationship.

Abstract

The discovery of drawable carbon nanotube forests opened up the possibility of constructing a wide range of pure carbon nanotube macrostructures and sparked interests in developing applications from these structures, especially pure carbon nanotube yarns. This review examines the various facets of the drawable carbon nanotube forests, synthesis and drawability, and their resulting yarns, structure, production, properties and applications. The structure, formation and properties of carbon nanotube yarns are compared with those of conventional textile yarns in order to obtain a better understanding of the science, structural mechanics and processing technology involved in carbon nanotube yarns.

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Keywords

Carbon nanotube; Synthesis; Drawing; Spinning; Yarn; Structural mechanics

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