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Nanofibres can be produced in complex shapes and unlimited lengths.(NANOMATERIALS)
Advanced Composites Bulletin, March, 2008
The continuous fabrication of complex, three-dimensional nanoscale structures and the ability to grow individual nanowires of unlimited length are now possible with a process developed by researchers at the University of Illinois, USA.
Based on the rapid evaporation of solvent from simple "inks," the process has been used to fabricate freestanding nanofibres, stacked arrays of nanofibres and continuously wound spools of nanowires.
Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering at Illinois, Min-Feng Yu, describes the process as being similar to drawing with a fountain pen: "the ink comes out and quickly dries or "solidifies". But, unlike drawing with a fountain pen, we can draw objects in three dimensions."
To use the process, the...
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