CARBON NANOTUBE WIRE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME
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1. A carbon nanotube wire structure, comprising:
- at least one flexible core having an elongation at break greater than 5%; and
a carbon nanotube layer comprising a plurality of carbon nanotubes connected with each other via van der Waals attractive forces between the carbon nanotubes, the carbon nanotube layer surrounding the at least one flexible core.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a carbon nanotube wire structure. The carbon nanotube wire structure includes a flexible core and a carbon nanotube layer. The carbon nanotube layer wraps around the flexible core. The flexible core is a linear structure. The carbon nanotube layer includes a number of carbon nanotubes oriented around the flexible core in a helix manner. The present disclosure also provides a method for making the carbon nanotube wire structure.
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1. A carbon nanotube wire structure, comprising:
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at least one flexible core having an elongation at break greater than 5%; and a carbon nanotube layer comprising a plurality of carbon nanotubes connected with each other via van der Waals attractive forces between the carbon nanotubes, the carbon nanotube layer surrounding the at least one flexible core. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A carbon nanotube wire structure, comprising:
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a plurality of flexible cores, each of the flexible cores having an elongation at break greater than 5%; and a plurality of carbon nanotube layers, each of the carbon nanotube layers comprising a plurality of carbon nanotubes connected with each other via van der Waals attractive forces between the carbon nanotubes, wherein each of the carbon nanotube layers surrounds one of the flexible cores. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A method for making a carbon nanotube wire structure, comprising:
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(S1) providing at least one carbon nanotube structure; (S2) providing a flexible core having an elongation at break greater than 5%; and (S3) wrapping the at least one carbon nanotube structure around the flexible core along a longitude direction of the flexible core to form a carbon nanotube layer. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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