Carbon nanotube yarn for fiber‐shaped electrical sensors, actuators, and energy storage for smart systems

Y Jang, SM Kim, GM Spinks, SJ Kim - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Smart systems are those that display autonomous or collaborative functionalities, and
include the ability to sense multiple inputs, to respond with appropriate operations, and to …

Electrically, chemically, and photonically powered torsional and tensile actuation of hybrid carbon nanotube yarn muscles

MD Lima, N Li, M Jung de Andrade, S Fang, J Oh… - science, 2012 - science.org
Artificial muscles are of practical interest, but few types have been commercially exploited.
Typical problems include slow response, low strain and force generation, short cycle life …

Highly twisted double-helix carbon nanotube yarns

Y Shang, Y Li, X He, S Du, L Zhang, E Shi, S Wu, Z Li… - ACS …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The strength and flexibility of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) allow them to be constructed into a
variety of innovated architectures with fascinating properties. Here, we show that CNTs can …

Twist-stabilized, coiled carbon nanotube yarns with enhanced capacitance

W Son, S Chun, JM Lee, G Jeon, HJ Sim, HW Kim… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Coil-structured carbon nanotube (CNT) yarns have recently attracted considerable attention.
However, structural instability due to heavy twist insertion, and inherent hydrophobicity …

Wearable energy generating and storing textile based on carbon nanotube yarns

TJ Mun, SH Kim, JW Park, JH Moon… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The challenges of textiles that can generate and store energy simultaneously for wearable
devices are to fabricate yarns that generate electrical energy when stretched, yarns that …

Carbon‐nanotube fibers for wearable devices and smart textiles

J Di, X Zhang, Z Yong, Y Zhang, D Li, R Li… - Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon‐nanotube (CNT) fibers integrate such properties as high mechanical strength,
extraordinary structural flexibility, high thermal and electrical conductivities, novel corrosion …

Self-stretchable, helical carbon nanotube yarn supercapacitors with stable performance under extreme deformation conditions

Y Shang, C Wang, X He, J Li, Q Peng, E Shi, R Wang… - Nano Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Stretchable fiber-shaped supercapacitors have been fabricated by attaching active materials
to elastic polymeric substrates. Here, we report a substrate-free, self-stretchable carbon …

Winding-locked carbon nanotubes/polymer nanofibers helical yarn for ultrastretchable conductor and strain sensor

Y Gao, F Guo, P Cao, J Liu, D Li, J Wu, N Wang, Y Su… - Acs Nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Wearable and stretchable electronics including various conductors and sensors are featured
with their lightweight, high flexibility, and easy integration into functional devices or textiles …

Extremely elastic wearable carbon nanotube fiber strain sensor for monitoring of human motion

S Ryu, P Lee, JB Chou, R Xu, R Zhao, AJ Hart… - ACS nano, 2015 - ACS Publications
The increasing demand for wearable electronic devices has made the development of
highly elastic strain sensors that can monitor various physical parameters an essential factor …

Overtwisted, resolvable carbon nanotube yarn entanglement as strain sensors and rotational actuators

Y Li, Y Shang, X He, Q Peng, S Du, E Shi, S Wu, Z Li… - ACS …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Introducing twists into carbon nanotube yarns could produce hierarchical architectures and
extend their application areas. Here, we utilized such twists to produce elastic strain sensors …