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Fabrication, Densification, and Replica Molding of 3D Carbon Nanotube Microstructures
Published on: July 2, 2012
Capillary bending of Janus carbon nanotube micropillars
Sameh Tawfick1, A John Hart, Michaël De Volder
1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Nanoscale
|May 31, 2012
Abstract:
We present a scalable process for the fabrication of slanted carbon nanotube micropillar arrays by inclined metal deposition and capillary self-assembly. Local control of the micropillar angle from vertical to nearly horizontal is achieved, and is explained using a finite element model. These structures may be useful for microscale contacts and anisotropic smart surfaces.

