Continuous Growth of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Forests

Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes are one of the most promising materials due their numerous applications in flexible electronic devices, biosensors and multifunctional aircraft materials, among others. However, the costly production of aligned carbon nanotubes, generally in a batch process, preve...

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Main Authors: Guzman de Villoria, Roberto (Contributor), Wardle, Brian L. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nano Science and Technology Institute/CRC Press, 2012-06-28T19:34:34Z.
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