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Super-Stretchable Spring-Like Carbon Nanotube Ropes

  1. Yuanyuan Shang1,2,
  2. Xiaodong He1,
  3. Yibin Li1,*,
  4. Luhui Zhang2,
  5. Zhen Li3,
  6. Chunyan Ji2,
  7. Enzheng Shi2,
  8. Peixu Li3,
  9. Ke Zhu3,
  10. Qingyu Peng1,
  11. Chao Wang1,
  12. Xinjiang Zhang1,
  13. Rongguo Wang1,
  14. Jinquan Wei3,
  15. Kunlin Wang3,
  16. Hongwei Zhu3,
  17. Dehai Wu3,
  18. Anyuan Cao2,*

Article first published online: 27 APR 2012

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201200576

Issue

Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 24, Issue 21, pages 2896–2900, June 5, 2012

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How to Cite

Shang, Y., He, X., Li, Y., Zhang, L., Li, Z., Ji, C., Shi, E., Li, P., Zhu, K., Peng, Q., Wang, C., Zhang, X., Wang, R., Wei, J., Wang, K., Zhu, H., Wu, D. and Cao, A. (2012), Super-Stretchable Spring-Like Carbon Nanotube Ropes. Adv. Mater., 24: 2896–2900. doi: 10.1002/adma.201200576

Author Information

  1. 1

    Centre for Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, PR China

  2. 2

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, PR China

  3. 3

    Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials Processing Technology and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China

*Centre for Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, PR China

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 30 MAY 2012
  2. Article first published online: 27 APR 2012
  3. Manuscript Revised: 6 MAR 2012
  4. Manuscript Received: 10 FEB 2012

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Keywords:

  • super-stretchable;
  • springs;
  • carbon nanotubes;
  • ropes
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Spring-like carbon nanotube ropes consisting of perfectly arranged loops are fabricated by spinning single-walled nanotube films, and can sustain tensile strains as high as 285%.

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