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Capillarity-driven assembly of two-dimensional cellular carbon nanotube foams.
- Source :
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; 3/23/2004, Vol. 101 Issue 12, p4009-4012, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 2004
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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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- NANOTUBES
CARBON
BIOLOGICAL membranes
BIOLOGICAL interfaces
COLLOIDS
BIOLOGY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00278424
- Volume :
- 101
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12874211
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0400734101