Friction and adhesion properties of vertically aligned multi-walled carbon nanotube arrays and fluoro-nanodiamond films

Carbon

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1294-1301

  Lu, H ^a   Goldman, J ^a   Ding, F ^a   Sun, Y ^a   Pulikkathara, M X ^b   Khabashesku, V N ^b   Yakobson, B I ^a   Lou, J ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON FILMS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; DIAMONDS; FRICTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SILICONES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TRIBOLOGY;

ADHE SION PROPERTIES; ADHESION FORCES; AMBIENT ENVIRONMENTS; FRICTION FORCES; GLASS SUBSTRATES; MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE; NANO DIAMONDS; NANO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; NANODIAMOND FILMS; NANOSCALE ADHESION; NITROGEN ENVIRONMENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SLIDING FRICTION; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 47149084876     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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