Foam Materials Made from Carbon Nanotubes
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1.1 What is CNT foam? Foam is a macroporous material and comes in many forms, such as polystyrene shock absorbers, dish-washing sponges, and foam board insulation. This chapter describes a technique to prepare foam materials from carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The use of a CNTmade foam as a kitchen sponge may not be a good idea, however. We of course expect the nano-carbons to have a specific functionality on the prepared bulk material. A challenge would be to place a function derived from nanomaterials on a bulk structuralized material. It would be highly useful to make up a material with a specific function that is attained only by nanoand micro-structuralization. A major feature of a foam material is that it has a function derived from its microstructures (macropores). The present chapter discusses a preparation strategy to produce a material with controlled microstructures from CNTs.
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