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Yarn Spun from Nanotubes

Posted by michael on from the spiderman dept.

jabberjaw writes "Nature is reporting that Professor Alan H Windle has spun nanotube yarn by twisting nanotubes onto spinning rods as they come out of the furnace from which they are made. Professor Windle's team used ethanol (carbon source) with ferrocene (catalyst) and thiopene (for thread assembly) to create the structure. To create the tubes a mix of the above chemicals is inserted into a furnace in a jet of hydrogen gas. However, do not get your hopes up yet, the press release also indicates that the yarn has a strength comparable to that of most modern textiles but the groups does state that there is room for improvement. Yes, for those of you wondering, there is mention of a space elevator."

8 of 152 comments (clear)

  1. Yano Yarn Spun From Uranus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I didnt even really read the headline, just trying for a first post.

  2. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    by the waist(or neck), and pulled from the moon.

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