A double-layered carbon nanotube array with super-hydrophobicity

Carbon

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3332-3336

  Zhang, Yingying ^a   Stan, Liliana ^a   Xu, Ping ^a   Wang, Hsing Lin ^a   Doorn, Stephen K ^a   Htoon, Han ^a   Zhu, Yuntian ^b   Jia, Quanxi ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES; BOTTOM LAYERS; CARBON NANOTUBE ARRAY; CATALYST PARTICLES; GROWTH PROCESS; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; SINGLE-STEP; SMOOTH SURFACE; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYST DEACTIVATION; HYDROPHOBICITY;

SURFACE CLEANING;

EID: 69649088231     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.07.056     Document Type: Article

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