Facile fabrication of light, flexible and multifunctional graphene fibers.

Dong, Zelin; Jiang, Changcheng; Cheng, Huhu; Zhao, Yang; Shi, Gaoquan; Jiang, Lan; Qu, Liangti · Adv Mater · 2012

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Macroscopic graphene fibers with strength comparable to carbon nanotube yarns have been fabricated with a facile dimensionally-confined hydrothermal strategy from low-cost, aqueous graphite oxide suspensions, which is shapable, weavable, and has a density of less than 1/7 conventional carbon fibers. In combination with the easy in situ and post-synthesis functionalization, the highly flexible graphene fibers can be woven into smart textiles.

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