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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lahiff, Emer
• Ryu, Chang Y
• Curran, Seamus
• Minett, Andrew I
• Blau, Werner J
• Ajayan, Pulickel M

Titel

Selective Positioning and Density Control of Nanotubes within a Polymer Thin Film

Ist Teil von

• Nano letters, 2003-10, Vol.3 (10), p.1333-1337

Ort / Verlag

Washington, DC: American Chemical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2003

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We introduce a completely new and innovative method of producing polymer/nanotube composites where the density and position of the nanotubes within the composite can be controlled. Carbon nanotubes are grown from organometallic micropatterns. These periodic nanotube arrays are then incorporated into a polymer matrix by depositing a curable polymer film on the as-grown tubes. This controlled method of producing free-standing nanotube/polymer composite films represents a more efficient method of combining these materials for potential flexible electronic applications in an inexpensive and scalable manner.