Highly concentrated 3D macrostructure of individual carbon nanotubes in a ceramic environment.
A highly concentrated 3D macrostructure of individual multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) is practically realized in a ceramic environment with poreless/intimate interfaces by a scalable aqueous colloidal approach. This concept dramatically improves not only the transport property and network connectivity of the MWCNT 3D macrostructures (a DC-conductivity of nearly 5000 S m(-1) ) but also the strain tolerance of the ceramic environment. Such low-cost and novel MWCNT/ceramic hybrids have many potential functional and structural applications.
Materials Processing Unit, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan. ESTILI.Mehdi@nims.go.jp
Mehdi
M
Estili
Akira
A
Kawasaki
Yoshio
Y
Sakka
D000537:Aluminum Oxide / Q000737:chemistry; D002516:Ceramics / Q000737:chemistry*; D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013499:Surface Properties
D003102:Colloids; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D000537:Aluminum Oxide