Structurally programmed capillary folding of carbon nanotube assemblies

Langmuir

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 6389-6394

  Tawfick, Sameh ^a   De Volder, Michael ^a,b,c   Hart, A John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b imec   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES; BUCKLING INSTABILITIES; BUILDING BLOCKES; CUSTOM DESIGN; FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT; LIQUID INFILTRATION; MULTI-DIRECTIONAL; MULTI-LAYERED; NANOTEXTURED SURFACE; NANOTUBE ASSEMBLIES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; WALL THICKNESS;

BUCKLING; CARBON NANOTUBES;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 79958097422     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la200635g     Document Type: Article

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