NANOTUBE DETANGLER

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Disclosed is a Nanotube Detangler capable of aligning and ordering the constituent nanotubes, nanowires and/or nanoparticles of a filament leading to greater tensile strength of the filament and subsequent threads or structures made from it. The technique exploits ion infusion as a mechanism to force the tangle of the nanotubes, nanowires and/or nanoparticles apart. Included in the invention are alignment enhancement technologies such as heating, vibration, electromagnetic, particle bombardment and chemical means. The present invention recognizes that aligned and ordered nanotubes, nanowires and nanoparticles in a filament will increase the conductivity of the filament and enable the fabrication of electric conductors, wires and circuit components. Such breakthroughs in strength and conductivity of filaments of nanotubes, nanowires and/or nanoparticles will revolutionize life on Earth.