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Scalable Nanohelices for Predictive Studies and Enhanced 3D Visualization
Published on: November 12, 2014
Super-stretchable spring-like carbon nanotube ropes
Yuanyuan Shang1, Xiaodong He, Yibin Li
1Centre for Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, PR China.
Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
|April 28, 2012
Abstract:
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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