title: Carbon nanotubes grow to pillars.
abstract: In this paper, we report on the self-assembly growth of micro-pillars consisting of well-aligned carbon nanotubes on the uneven surfaces of silicon chips by chemical vapour deposition, which could be useful for the fabrication of electron field emitters, micro-electromechanical devices, interconnection for microelectronics, etc. The mechanism for the growth of isolated pillars within large-area aligned carbon nanotube arrays is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Nano Science Research Centre, College of Chemistry, South China University of Technology, Wushan, Guangzhou 510640, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wei-De
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Fan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Ping-Ying
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Gu