Method for making carbon nanotube yarn
US7704480B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 26, 2006 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 26, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/2918
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A carbon nanotube yarn includes a number of carbon nanotube yarn strings bound together, and each of the carbon nanotube yarn strings includes a number of carbon nanotube bundles that are joined end to end by van der Waals attractive force, and each of the carbon nanotube bundles includes a number of carbon nanotubes substantially parallel to each other. A method for making the carbon nanotube yarn includes soaking the at least one carbon nanotube yarn string drawn out from a carbon nanotube array in an organic solvent to shrink it and then collecting it.
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