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Lima MD, Fang S, Lepró X, et al. Biscrolling nanotube sheets and functional guests into yarns. Science. 2011;331(6013):51-5doi: 10.1126/science.1195912.
Lima, M. D., Fang, S., Lepró, X., Lewis, C., Ovalle-Robles, R., Carretero-González, J., Castillo-Martínez, E., Kozlov, M. E., Oh, J., Rawat, N., Haines, C. S., Haque, M. H., Aare, V., Stoughton, S., Zakhidov, A. A., & Baughman, R. H. (2011). Biscrolling nanotube sheets and functional guests into yarns. Science (New York, N.Y.), 331(6013), 51-5. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1195912
Lima, Márcio D, et al. "Biscrolling nanotube sheets and functional guests into yarns." Science (New York, N.Y.) vol. 331,6013 (2011): 51-5. doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1195912
Lima MD, Fang S, Lepró X, Lewis C, Ovalle-Robles R, Carretero-González J, Castillo-Martínez E, Kozlov ME, Oh J, Rawat N, Haines CS, Haque MH, Aare V, Stoughton S, Zakhidov AA, Baughman RH. Biscrolling nanotube sheets and functional guests into yarns. Science. 2011 Jan 07;331(6013):51-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1195912. PMID: 21212350.
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Science. 2011 Jan 07;331(6013):51-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1195912.

Biscrolling nanotube sheets and functional guests into yarns.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Márcio D Lima, Shaoli Fang, Xavier Lepró, Chihye Lewis, Raquel Ovalle-Robles, Javier Carretero-González, Elizabeth Castillo-Martínez, Mikhail E Kozlov, Jiyoung Oh, Neema Rawat, Carter S Haines, Mohammad H Haque, Vaishnavi Aare, Stephanie Stoughton, Anvar A Zakhidov, Ray H Baughman

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  1. The Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75083, USA.

PMID: 21212350 DOI: 10.1126/science.1195912

Abstract

Multifunctional applications of textiles have been limited by the inability to spin important materials into yarns. Generically applicable methods are demonstrated for producing weavable yarns comprising up to 95 weight percent of otherwise unspinnable particulate or nanofiber powders that remain highly functional. Scrolled 50-nanometer-thick carbon nanotube sheets confine these powders in the galleries of irregular scroll sacks whose observed complex structures are related to twist-dependent extension of Archimedean spirals, Fermat spirals, or spiral pairs into scrolls. The strength and electronic connectivity of a small weight fraction of scrolled carbon nanotube sheet enables yarn weaving, sewing, knotting, braiding, and charge collection. This technology is used to make yarns of superconductors, lithium-ion battery materials, graphene ribbons, catalytic nanofibers for fuel cells, and titanium dioxide for photocatalysis.

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