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Fabrication, Densification, and Replica Molding of 3D Carbon Nanotube Microstructures
Published on: July 2, 2012
Diverse 3D microarchitectures made by capillary forming of carbon nanotubes
Michael De Volder1, Sameh H Tawfick, Sei Jin Park
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
|September 4, 2010
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
