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New Carbon Nanotube Yarn Harvests Mechanical Energy

2023-01-30

New Carbon Nanotube Yarn Harvests Mechanical Energy

Twistrons, made from spun carbon nanotubes (CNTs), convert mechanical movement into electricity. Scanning electron microscope images show how UT Dallas researchers made a new kind of twistron by intertwining three individual strands of spun carbon nanotube fibers to make a single yarn, similar to the way conventional yarns used in textiles are constructed. A previous version of a harvester...