Continuous Growth of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Forests
Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes are one of the most promising materials due their numerous applications in flexible electronic devices, biosensors and multifunctional aircraft materials, among others. However, the costly production of aligned carbon nanotubes, generally in a batch process, preve...
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| author | Guzman de Villoria, Roberto Wardle, Brian L. |
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| description | Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes are one of the most promising materials due their numerous applications in flexible electronic devices, biosensors and multifunctional aircraft materials, among others. However, the costly production of aligned carbon nanotubes, generally in a batch process, prevents their commercial use. For the first time, a controlled process to grow aligned carbon nanotubes in a continuous manner is presented. Uniform growth is achieved using 2D and 3D substrates. A significant reduction in time, gases, and energy is accomplished, allowing the industrial production of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/712612022-09-27T15:57:14Z Continuous Growth of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Forests Guzman de Villoria, Roberto Wardle, Brian L. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Wardle, Brian L. Guzman de Villoria, Roberto Wardle, Brian L. Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes are one of the most promising materials due their numerous applications in flexible electronic devices, biosensors and multifunctional aircraft materials, among others. However, the costly production of aligned carbon nanotubes, generally in a batch process, prevents their commercial use. For the first time, a controlled process to grow aligned carbon nanotubes in a continuous manner is presented. Uniform growth is achieved using 2D and 3D substrates. A significant reduction in time, gases, and energy is accomplished, allowing the industrial production of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes. National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Nanomanufacturing Program (CMMI-0800213)) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Nano-Engineered Composite aerospace STructures (NECST) Consortium) 2012-06-28T19:34:34Z 2012-06-28T19:34:34Z 2011-06 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper 9781439871423 1439871337 9781439871331 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71261 Guzman de Villoria, R. and B.L. Wardle. "Continuous Growth of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Forests." in Proceedings of the Nanotechnology 2011: Advanced Materials, CNTs, Particles, Films and Composites-2011 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo, NSTI-Nanotech 2011, June 13-16, 2011, Boston, Mass. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3530-5819 en_US http://www.techconnectworld.com/Nanotech2011/a.html?i=305 Proceedings of the Nanotechnology 2011: Advanced Materials, CNTs, Particles, Films and Composites/2011 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo, NSTI-Nanotech 2011 Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ application/pdf Nano Science and Technology Institute/CRC Press Wardle (via co-author) |
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| title | Continuous Growth of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Forests |
| title_full | Continuous Growth of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Forests |
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| title_short | Continuous Growth of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Forests |
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