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Los Alamos to commercialize carbon-nanotube fiber technology.(EMERGING TECHNOLOGY)
Advanced Materials & Processes, December, 2006
Los Alamos National Laboratory has licensed its carbon nanotube technology to a new commercial partner, Seattle-based CNT Technologies Inc. The ultrastrong, lightweight carbon-nanotube fiber, branded SuperThread by the company, can have better properties than steel for many applications and could soon be the primary material from which airplanes, automobile parts, and sports equipment are made.
Initial tests show that SuperThread is pound for pound one hundred times stronger than steel and less than one-fortieth the weight. In 2004, Los Alamos produced a single-walled carbon nanotube four centimeters in length. Currently, scientists are developing arrays of ultralong, super-strong, lightweight, double-walled carbon nanotubes. These arrays may allow the...
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