Elastic carbon nanotube straight yarns embedded with helical loops

Y Shang, Y Li, X He, L Zhang, Z Li, P Li, E Shi, S Wu… - Nanoscale, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Introducing stretchability and elasticity into carbon nanotube (CNT) yarns could extend their
applications to areas such as stretchable and deformable fiber-based devices and strain …

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 …

Meter-long spiral carbon nanotube fibers show ultrauniformity and flexibility

Y Shang, C Hua, W Xu, X Hu, Y Wang, Y Zhou… - Nano …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Conventional straight fibers spun from carbon nanotubes have rather limited deformability;
creating a spiral structure holds the promise to break this shape restriction and enhance …

Large variation in Young's modulus of carbon nanotube yarns with different diameters

JG Kim, D Suh, H Kang - Current applied physics, 2021 - Elsevier
Twist-spun carbon nanotube (CNT) yarns are composed of numerous CNTs and their
bundles with entangled and twisted structures. In this paper, we studied the mechanical …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Improved mechanical and electrical properties of carbon nanotube yarns by wet impregnation and multi-ply twisting

YR Lee, J Park, Y Jeong, JS Park - Fibers and Polymers, 2018 - Springer
Carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers, composed entirely of CNT bundles, have inferior mechanical
properties as adjacent CNTs slide past each other when an external force is applied …

Microstructural Tuning of Twisted Carbon Nanotube Yarns through the Wet-Compression Process: Implications for Multifunctional Textiles

FI Farha, X Wei, Q Zhang, W Liu, W Chen… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Light-weight and multifunctional carbon nanotube (CNT) yarn possessing outstanding
mechanical properties as individual CNTs is highly desirable in the field of smart textiles as …

A multiscale study of high performance double-walled nanotube− polymer fibers

M Naraghi, T Filleter, A Moravsky, M Locascio… - ACS …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The superior mechanical behavior of carbon nanotubes (CNT) and their electrical and
thermal functionalities has motivated researchers to exploit them as building blocks to …