Industrializing Nanotube Superfiber Materials

Abstract Industrialization (high rate manufacturing at a competitive cost) of nanotube superfiber materials could affect many products and improve economic conditions around the world. This will depend on improving and customizing the properties of nanotube materials and on scaling up the manufacturing to reduce the cost of nanotube sheets and yarn. This chapter presents ideas on how to scale up the manufacturing of nanotube materials based on the gas phase pyrolysis method, considering manufacturing on earth and in space, and with discussion of potential commercial applications of the materials.