Controllable interconnection of single-walled carbon nanotubes under ac electric field.
We demonstrated the controllable interconnection of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) under alternating current (ac) electric field. The interconnected carbon nanotubes were found to be parallel with the electric flux and increased abruptly with deposition time following a self-accelerating process. Theoretical simulation indicates that the alignment and the interconnection of carbon nanotubes were induced by the dielectrophoresis force and the electric field redistribution at the nanotube apexes.
Chen
Zhuo
Z
Yang
Yanlian
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Chen
Fang
F
Qing
Quan
Q
Wu
Zhongyun
Z
Liu
Zhongfan
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