The best features of diamond nanothread for nanofibre applications

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Haifei Zhan, Gang Zhang, Vincent B. C. Tan, Yuantong Gu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14863