Increasing the specific strength of spun carbon nanotube fibers

A spun fiber of carbon nanotubes is exposed to ion irradiation. The irradiation exposure increases the specific strength of the spun fiber.

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Main Authors USOV IGOR O, ARENDT PAUL N, ZHANG XIEFEI, ZHU YUNTIAN T
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 19.04.2016
Subjects
APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBONFILAMENTS
CHEMICAL FEATURES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS,THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS
CHEMISTRY
COMPOUNDS THEREOF
FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
LAUNDERING
MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES
MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES
METALLURGY
NANOTECHNOLOGY
NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL THREADS OR FIBRES
NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES
SPINNING
TEXTILES
TRANSPORTING
TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE
TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS,FABRICS, FEATHERS, OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS
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Summary:A spun fiber of carbon nanotubes is exposed to ion irradiation. The irradiation exposure increases the specific strength of the spun fiber.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20070002853