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Fabrication, Densification, and Replica Molding of 3D Carbon Nanotube Microstructures
Published on: July 2, 2012
Nano-precision replication of natural cellulosic substances by metal oxides
Jianguo Huang1, Toyoki Kunitake
1Topochemical Design Laboratory, Spatio-Temporal Function Materials Research Group, Frontier Research System, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|September 25, 2003
Abstract:
Surface sol-gel process was used to replicate the hierarchical morphology of natural cellulosic substances with nanometer precision. The resultant artificial fossils are ceramic nanomaterials composed of metal oxide nanotubes.

