Diverse 3D microarchitectures made by capillary forming of carbon nanotubes

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

doi:10.1002/adma.201001893

Diverse 3D microarchitectures made by capillary forming of carbon nanotubes

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

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4384-4389
Number of pages	6
Journal	Advanced Materials
Volume	22
Issue number	39
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201001893
State	Published - Oct 15 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Carbon Nanotubes
Microelectromechanical Systems
Microstructures
Polymeric Materials
Self-Assembly

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Materials Science(all)
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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