title: Efficient transfer of a VA-SWNT film by a flip-over technique.
abstract: A transfer of a VA-SWNT film onto a conductive surface has been achieved using a novel "flip-over" technique. The top surface of a VA-SWNT film was covered by entangled bundles in an as-grown sample. When a VA-SWNT film was flipped over, an optically flat surface consisting of the tips of very well aligned, clean bundles from the bottom of the film are exposed while the top of the film is well contacted to the substrate. Thus, we expect this technique to provide us with means to prepare carbon nanotube electrodes for device applications such as super capacitors, thermo-electric devices, fuel cells, and field emission filaments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics & Astronomy, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.
authors.forename: Myung Jong
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Nolan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nicholas
authors.forename: Carter
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kittrell
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Haroz
authors.forename: Hongwei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shan
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Wainerdi
authors.forename: Sungbae
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Howard K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Smalley
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Hauge