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Fabrication, Densification, and Replica Molding of 3D Carbon Nanotube Microstructures
Published on: July 2, 2012
Synthesis of large arrays of well-aligned carbon nanotubes on glass
1Z. F. Ren, Z. P. Huang, J. W. Xu, J. H. Wang, Materials Synthesis Laboratory, Natural Sciences Complex, Departments of Physics and Chemistry, and Center for Advanced Photonic and Electronic Materials, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 142.
Abstract:
Free-standing aligned carbon nanotubes have previously been grown above 700 degreesC on mesoporous silica embedded with iron nanoparticles. Here, carbon nanotubes aligned over areas up to several square centimeters were grown on nickel-coated glass below 666 degreesC by plasma-enhanced hot filament chemical vapor deposition. Acetylene gas was used as the carbon source and ammonia gas was used as a catalyst and dilution gas. Nanotubes with controllable diameters from 20 to 400 nanometers and lengths from 0. 1 to 50 micrometers were obtained. Using this method, large panels of aligned carbon nanotubes can be made under conditions that are suitable for device fabrication.
