Sustained growth of ultralong carbon nanotube arrays for fiber spinning

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作者
Li, Qingwen [1 ]
Zhang, Xiefei [1 ]
DePaula, Raymond F. [1 ]
Zheng, Lianxi [1 ]
Zhao, Yonghao [1 ]
Stan, Liliana [1 ]
Holesinger, Terry G. [1 ]
Arendt, Paul N. [1 ]
Peterson, Dean E. [1 ]
Zhu, Yuntian T. [1 ]
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[1] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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10.1002/adma.200601344
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
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Arrays of well-aligned, ca 4.7 mm long carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are grown in a simple, safe, and cost-effective manner using an efficient Al2O3/Fe catalyst prepared by an ion-beam assisted deposition technique (see figure). Importantly, the as-synthesized CNT arrays with lengths ranging from 500 mu m to 1.5 mm are conducive to spinning, and CNT fibers spun from such long CNT arrays show remarkably improved tensile strength.
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