Dual porosity single-walled carbon nanotube material.
We present a dual porosity CNT material with a seamless connection between highly porous aligned nanotubes and lowly porous closely packed nanotubes by using capillary action of liquids. Various approaches were developed to fabricate diverse structures using toothpicks, liquid thin films, bubbles, vapors, and superink jet printing. The dual porosity material showed low wear and was useful as a sliding electrical contact.
Futaba
Don N
DN
Nanotube Research Center, Advanced Manufacturing Research Institute Surface Interactive Design Group, Nanotechnology Research Institute Collaborative Research Team of Super Inkjet Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba 305-8565, Japan. d-futaba@aist.go.jp
Miyake
Koji
K
Murata
Kazuhiro
K
Hayamizu
Yuhei
Y
Yamada
Takeo
T
Sasaki
Shinya
S
Yumura
Motoo
M
Hata
Kenji
K
D008422:Materials Testing; D036103:Nanotechnology; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D016062:Porosity; D013499:Surface Properties
D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon