Carbon nanotube-based black coatings

Superhydrophobic conductive carbon nanotube coatings for steel.

We report the synthesis of superhydrophobic coatings for steel using carbon nanotube (CNT)-mesh structures. The CNT coating maintains its structural integrity and superhydrophobicity even after exposure to extreme thermal stresses and has excellent thermal and electrical properties. The coating can also be reinforced by optimally impregnating the CNT-mesh structure with cross-linked polymers wi...

Enhanced nucleate boiling on horizontal hydrophobic-hydrophilic carbon nanotube coatings

Multi-Fractal Hierarchy of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Hydrophobic Coatings

A hierarchical structure is an assembly with a multi-scale morphology and with a large and accessible surface area. Recent advances in nanomaterial science have made increasingly possible the design of hierarchical surfaces with specific and tunable properties. Here, we report the fractal analysis of hierarchical single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) films realized by a simple, rapid, reproduci...

Switchable Surfactant-Assisted Carbon Nanotube Coatings: Innovation through pH Shift

*Correspondence: Diego Cazorla-Amorós, Departamento de Química Inorgánica e Instituto Universitario de Materiales, University of Alicante, P.O. Box 99, San Vicente del Raspeig E-03080, Alicante, Spain e-mail: [email protected] The inner surface of fused-silica capillaries has been coated with a dense/homogeneous coating of commercial multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) using a stable ink as deposi...

Super-hydrophobic multi-walled carbon nanotube coatings for stainless steel.

We have taken advantage of the native surface roughness and the iron content of AISI 316 stainless steel to directly grow multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) random networks by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) at low-temperature (1000°C) without the addition of any external catalysts or time-consuming pre-treatments. In this way, super-hydrophobic MWCNT films on stainless steel sheets were obta...