title: Macroscopic fibers and ribbons of oriented carbon nanotubes.
abstract: A simple method was used to assemble single-walled carbon nanotubes into indefinitely long ribbons and fibers. The processing consists of dispersing the nanotubes in surfactant solutions, recondensing the nanotubes in the flow of a polymer solution to form a nanotube mesh, and then collating this mesh to a nanotube fiber. Flow-induced alignment may lead to a preferential orientation of the nanotubes in the mesh that has the form of a ribbon. Unlike classical carbon fibers, the nanotube fibers can be strongly bent without breaking. Their obtained elastic modulus is 10 times higher than the modulus of high-quality bucky paper.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal/CNRS, Université Bordeaux I, Avenue Schweitzer, 33600 Pessac, France.
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authors.lastname: Pénicaud
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authors.lastname: Journet
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