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, ...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 draw- able 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 com- pared 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.展开更多
文摘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 draw- able 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 com- pared 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.
