Study on the Mechanical Property of CNTs/Silk Fibroin Composite Fiber

Abstract:

Carbon nanotube (CNT) is a new type of nanoscale materials, which has excellent adsorption and mechanical properties. In this paper, carbon nanotubes were added in the regenerated silk fibroin solution to get CNTs/silk fibroin composite fiber, which had more excellent mechanical property than the regenerated fibroin fiber. The results indicate that the optimum preparation conditions are summed up as follows: silk fibroin concentration 35%, spinning temperature 40^oC, carbon nanotube mass fraction 1.0% and the longest storage time less than 7 days. The mechanical property of regenerated fibroin fiber which added with carbon nanotubes is obviously improved.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1004-1005)
• Pages: 577-580
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1004-1005.577
• Online since: August 2014
• Authors: Yu Chun Jiang, Yong Xiang Huang, Yuan Song Zhang*
• Keywords: Carbon Nanotube (CN), Composite Fiber, Mechanical Property, Silk Fabric

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