title: Growth and Transfer of Seamless 3D Graphene-Nanotube Hybrids.
abstract: Seamlessly connected graphene and carbon nanotube hybrids (GCNTs) have great potential as carbon platform structures in electronics due to their high conductivity and high surface area. Here, we introduce a facile method for making patterned GCNTs and their intact transfer onto other substrates. The mechanism for selective growth of vertically aligned CNTs (VA-CNTs) on the patterned graphene is discussed. The complete transfer of the GCNT pattern onto other substrates is possible because of the mechanical strength of the GCNT hybrids. Electrical conductivity measurements of the transferred GCNT structures show Ohmic contact through the VA-CNTs to graphene--evidence of its integrity after the transfer process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, ‡NanoCarbon Center, and §Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University , 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States.
authors.forename: Nam Dong
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, ‡NanoCarbon Center, and §Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University , 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States.
authors.forename: Yilun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, ‡NanoCarbon Center, and §Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University , 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States.
authors.forename: Gunuk
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, ‡NanoCarbon Center, and §Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University , 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States.
authors.forename: Xiujun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, ‡NanoCarbon Center, and §Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University , 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States.
authors.forename: Jinlong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, ‡NanoCarbon Center, and §Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University , 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, ‡NanoCarbon Center, and §Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University , 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States.
authors.forename: Yongsung
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, ‡NanoCarbon Center, and §Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University , 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States.
authors.forename: Gedeng
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ruan
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, ‡NanoCarbon Center, and §Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University , 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States.
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Hauge
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, ‡NanoCarbon Center, and §Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University , 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States.
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tour
keywords: Seamless GCNT hybrid; patterning; platform; selective growth; transfer