Self-assembled supramolecular nanotube yarn

Abstract

Metric length supramolecular nanotube yarns are fabricated though a spinning process from the diluted aqueous solution of self-assembled nanotubes, with bolaamphiphiles working as molecular building blocks. These non-covalent bonding based nanotube yarns show outstanding mechanical strength compared with some conventional polymers and could be operated under the macro conditions. © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.