Effect of gamma-irradiation on the mecha
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Menghe Miao; Stephen C. Hawkins; Jackie Y. Cai; Thomas R. Gengenbach; Robert Kno
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Article
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2011
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Gamma-irradiation of carbon nanotube yarns in air has significantly improved the tensile strength and modulus of the yarns, presumably because of an increased interaction between the individual nanotubes. The improvement has been much greater for tightly structured yarns than for loosely structured