TY - JOUR
T1 - Multifunctional characterization of carbon nanotube sheets, yarns, and their composites
AU - Truong, Thuy Kieu
AU - Lee, Yourack
AU - Suh, Dongseok
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Institute for Basic Science ( IBS-R011-D1 ), and the National Research Foundation of Korea ( NRF-2013R1A1A1076063 ), funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning, Republic of Korea.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - Carbon nanotube (CNT) based macroscopic objects such as dry-state free-standing sheets and yarns have attracted much attention during more than a decade for their multifunctional features. Thanks to their lightweight, highly conductive, mechanically strong and flexible properties, various applications had been explored so far. However, because of the difficulties in the spinnable CNT forest growth, the sample availability in the academic fields has been quite limited. In this report, various properties of CNT sheets, yarns, and their composites were experimentally presented using the samples prepared from the spinnable CNT forest grown in the newly installed, acetylene-based, chemical-vapor-deposition chamber system. Clear observation of the dimensional effect on the charge transport through CNTs, the enhancement of electro-mechanical actuation owing the volume-expandable infiltration material inside CNTs, and other exemplary evaluations proved the versatility of this macroscopic assembly as well as the good quality of our sample.
AB - Carbon nanotube (CNT) based macroscopic objects such as dry-state free-standing sheets and yarns have attracted much attention during more than a decade for their multifunctional features. Thanks to their lightweight, highly conductive, mechanically strong and flexible properties, various applications had been explored so far. However, because of the difficulties in the spinnable CNT forest growth, the sample availability in the academic fields has been quite limited. In this report, various properties of CNT sheets, yarns, and their composites were experimentally presented using the samples prepared from the spinnable CNT forest grown in the newly installed, acetylene-based, chemical-vapor-deposition chamber system. Clear observation of the dimensional effect on the charge transport through CNTs, the enhancement of electro-mechanical actuation owing the volume-expandable infiltration material inside CNTs, and other exemplary evaluations proved the versatility of this macroscopic assembly as well as the good quality of our sample.
KW - Artificial muscle
KW - Carbon nanotube forest
KW - Carbon nanotube sheet
KW - Carbon nanotube yarn
KW - Magnetoresistance
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cap.2016.04.023
DO - 10.1016/j.cap.2016.04.023
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84966716347
SN - 1567-1739
VL - 16
SP - 1250
EP - 1258
JO - Current Applied Physics
JF - Current Applied Physics
IS - 9
ER -