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Capillarity-driven assembly of two-dimensional cellular carbon nanotube foams

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: Capillary forces arising during the evaporation of liquids from dense carbon nanotube arrays are used to reassemble the nanotubes into two-dimensional contiguous cellular foams. The stable nanotube foams can be elastically deformed, transferred to other substrates, or floated out to produce free-standing macroscopic fabrics. The lightweight cellular foams made of condensed nanotubes could have applications as shock-absorbent structural reinforcements and elastic membranes. The ability to control the length scale, orientation, and shape of the cellular structures and the simplicity of the assembly process make this a particularly attractive system for studying pattern formation in ordered media.

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0400734101

Authors: Nirupama Chakrapani, Bingqing Wei, Alvaro Carrillo, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Ravi S. Kane

Institution: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Language: English

Topic: Carbon Nanotubes in Composites

Subfield: Materials Chemistry

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

OpenAlex ID: W2007550163

FWCI: 8.326

Cites: 29

Cited by: 300

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