Super-tough carbon-nanotube fibres

The energy needed to rupture a fibre (its toughness) is five times higher for spider silk than for the same mass of steel wire, which has inspired efforts to produce spider silk commercially. Here we spin 100-metre-long carbon-nanotube composite fibres that are tougher than any natural or synthetic...

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Published in:	Nature (London) Vol. 423; no. 6941; p. 703
Main Authors:	Baughman, Ray H, Dalton, Alan B, Collins, Steve, Muñoz, Edgar, Razal, Joselito M, Ebron, Von Howard, Ferraris, John P, Coleman, Jonathan N, Kim, Bog G
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Nature Publishing Group 12-06-2003
Subjects:	Carbon Electrolytes Polyvinyl alcohol Silk Surfactants Tensile strength Textiles
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Summary:	The energy needed to rupture a fibre (its toughness) is five times higher for spider silk than for the same mass of steel wire, which has inspired efforts to produce spider silk commercially. Here we spin 100-metre-long carbon-nanotube composite fibres that are tougher than any natural or synthetic organic fibre described so far, and use these to make fibre supercapacitors that are suitable for weaving into textiles.
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ISSN:	0028-0836 1476-4687
DOI:	10.1038/423703a