| Literature DB >> 27184216 |
Jiangtao Di1, Shaoli Fang1, Francisco A Moura2, Douglas S Galvão2, Julia Bykova3, Ali Aliev1, Mônica Jung de Andrade1, Xavier Lepró1, Na Li1, Carter Haines1, Raquel Ovalle-Robles3, Dong Qian4, Ray H Baughman1.
Abstract
A high-speed incandescent tension annealing process (ITAP) is used to increase the modulus and strength of twist-spun carbon nanotube yarns by up to 12-fold and 2.6-fold, respectively, provide remarkable resistance to oxidation and powerful protonating acids, and freeze yarn untwist. This twist stability enables torsional artificial-muscle motors having improved performance and minimizes problematic untwist during weaving nanotube yarns.Entities:
Keywords: artificial muscles; carbon nanotube yarns; cross-linking
Year: 2016 PMID: 27184216 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201600628
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Adv Mater ISSN: 0935-9648 Impact factor: 30.849