Diverse 3D microarchitectures made by capillary forming of carbon nanotubes.
A new technology called capillary forming enables transformation of vertically aligned nanoscale filaments into complex three-dimensional microarchitectures. We demonstrate capillary forming of carbon nanotubes into diverse forms having intricate bends, twists, and multidirectional textures. In addition to their novel geometries, these structures have mechanical stiffness exceeding that of microfabrication polymers, and can be used as masters for replica molding
De Volder
Michael
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Tawfick
Sameh H
SH
Park
Sei Jin
SJ
Copic
Davor
D
Zhao
Zhouzhou
Z
Lu
Wei
W
Hart
A John
AJ
D055595:Mechanical Phenomena; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D011327:Printing
D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon