The best features of diamond nanothread for nanofibre applications

Haifei Zhan; Gang Zhang; Vincent B. C. Tan; Yuantong Gu

doi:10.1038/ncomms14863

Nature Communications (Mar 2017)

The best features of diamond nanothread for nanofibre applications

Haifei Zhan,
Gang Zhang,
Vincent B. C. Tan,
Yuantong Gu

Affiliations

Haifei Zhan: School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Gang Zhang: Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Vincent B. C. Tan: Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore
Yuantong Gu: School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14863
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Carbon fibres are emerging as a promising material for multifunctional nanotextiles. Here, the authors show that diamond nanothread possesses excellent torsional deformation capability and interfacial load transfer efficiency, ideal for constructing next generation carbon fibres.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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