Diverse 3D microarchitectures made by capillary forming of carbon nanotubes.

نویسندگان

  • Michael De Volder
  • Sameh H Tawfick
  • Sei Jin Park
  • Davor Copic
  • Zhouzhou Zhao
  • Wei Lu
  • A John Hart
چکیده

A new technology called capillary forming enables transformation of vertically aligned nanoscale filaments into complex three-dimensional microarchitectures. We demonstrate capillary forming of carbon nanotubes into diverse forms having intricate bends, twists, and multidirectional textures. In addition to their novel geometries, these structures have mechanical stiffness exceeding that of microfabrication polymers, and can be used as masters for replica molding

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Advanced materials

دوره 22 39  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010