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Carbon nanotube-reduced graphene oxide fiber with high torsional strength from rheological hierarchy control

High torsional strength fibers are of practical interest for applications such as artificial muscles, electric generators, and actuators. Herein, we maximize torsional strength by understanding, measuring, and overcoming rheological thresholds of nanocarbon (nanotube/graphene oxide) dopes. The forme...

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Autores principales: Eom, Wonsik, Lee, Eunsong, Lee, Sang Hoon, Sung, Tae Hyun, Clancy, Adam J., Lee, Won Jun, Han, Tae Hee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7810860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33452251
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20518-0
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Sumario:High torsional strength fibers are of practical interest for applications such as artificial muscles, electric generators, and actuators. Herein, we maximize torsional strength by understanding, measuring, and overcoming rheological thresholds of nanocarbon (nanotube/graphene oxide) dopes. The formed fibers show enhanced structure across multiple length scales, modified hierarchy, and improved mechanical properties. In particular, the torsional properties were examined, with high shear strength (914 MPa) attributed to nanotubes but magnified by their structure, intercalating graphene sheets. This design approach has the potential to realize the hierarchical dimensional hybrids, and may also be useful to build the effective network structure of heterogeneous materials.