TY - GEN
T1 - Improved properties of Carbon nanotube yarn spun from dense and long carbon nanotube forest
AU - Hayashi, Yasuhiko
AU - Iijima, Toru
AU - Suzuki, Daisuke
AU - Kinoshita, Hiroshi
AU - Oshima, Hisayoshi
AU - Tokunaga, Tomoharu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2016/3/3
Y1 - 2016/3/3
N2 - Notable progress has been made recently on the properties and applications of Carbon nanotube (CNT). However, CNT has not achieved any remarkable practical applications from the industrial point of view. In this article, we report our recent progress on the bulk fiber structure of CNT yarn spun from the CNT forest. The unique fiber-like structure of CNT yarns gives them exceptional mechanical toughness, electrical conductivity, resilience to bending stress, and blend with polymer materials for a composite structure. CNT yarn, which is produced by spinning of high dense and relatively long CNT forest, has emerged as a new high-performance CNT-based bulk and composite material. We have made improvements in properties of CNT yarn by applying high voltage (HV) to the CNT yarn in a vacuum chamber. The tensile strengths of as-spun and HV-treated CNT yarns were 624 MPa and 955 MPa, respectively. The crystallization behavior of the amorphous carbon on CNTs was confirmed by a Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM). The CNT yarns provide them mechanical properties different from those of original high-performance fiber.
AB - Notable progress has been made recently on the properties and applications of Carbon nanotube (CNT). However, CNT has not achieved any remarkable practical applications from the industrial point of view. In this article, we report our recent progress on the bulk fiber structure of CNT yarn spun from the CNT forest. The unique fiber-like structure of CNT yarns gives them exceptional mechanical toughness, electrical conductivity, resilience to bending stress, and blend with polymer materials for a composite structure. CNT yarn, which is produced by spinning of high dense and relatively long CNT forest, has emerged as a new high-performance CNT-based bulk and composite material. We have made improvements in properties of CNT yarn by applying high voltage (HV) to the CNT yarn in a vacuum chamber. The tensile strengths of as-spun and HV-treated CNT yarns were 624 MPa and 955 MPa, respectively. The crystallization behavior of the amorphous carbon on CNTs was confirmed by a Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM). The CNT yarns provide them mechanical properties different from those of original high-performance fiber.
KW - Bulk and composite material
KW - Carbon nanotube (CNT)
KW - Carbon nanotube forest
KW - Carbon nanotube yarn
KW - Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)
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U2 - 10.1109/3M-NANO.2015.7425488
DO - 10.1109/3M-NANO.2015.7425488
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84964821952
T3 - 5th International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale, 3M-NANO 2015 - Conference Proceedings
SP - 298
EP - 301
BT - 5th International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale, 3M-NANO 2015 - Conference Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 5th International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale, 3M-NANO 2015
Y2 - 5 October 2015 through 9 October 2015
ER -