title: Laser-Directed Assembly of Aligned Carbon Nanotubes in Three Dimensions for Multifunctional Device Fabrication.
abstract: Laser-directed assembly of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) in 3D space is investigated via a two-photon polymerization technique. MWNT-thiol-acrylate (MTA) composite resins are developed with high MWNT concentrations up to 0.2 wt%, over one order of magnitude higher than previously published work. Significantly enhanced electrical and mechanical properties of the 3D micro-/nanostructures are achieved. Microelectronic devices made of the MTA resins are demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588-0511, USA.|Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588-0511, USA.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588-0511, USA.
authors.forename: Li Jia
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588-0511, USA.
authors.forename: Yun Shen
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588-0511, USA.
authors.forename: Da Wei
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China.
authors.forename: Lan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux, Avenue du Docteur Albert Schweitzer, F-33608, Pessac Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Silvain
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588-0511, USA.
authors.forename: Yong Feng
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Lu
keywords: 3D nanofabrication; carbon nanotubes; laser direct writing; laser-directed; polymerization