title: Diverse 3D microarchitectures made by capillary forming of carbon nanotubes.
abstract: 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
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Volder
authors.forename: Sameh H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Tawfick
authors.forename: Sei Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Davor
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Copic
authors.forename: Zhouzhou
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: A John
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Hart
mesh_terms: D055595:Mechanical Phenomena; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D011327:Printing
chemical_list: D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon