Fabrication and nanocompression testing of aligned CNT/polymer nanocomposites

by Admin | Jul 12, 2007 | News

E.J. García, A.J. Hart, B.L. Wardle, A.H. Slocum. Advanced Materials 19:2151-2156, 2007. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.200700237] [PDF]   The reinforcement of fiber–polymer composites with arrays of aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is reported. Nanocomposite...

Desktop growth of carbon nanotube monoliths with in situ optical imaging

by Admin | Apr 5, 2007 | News

A.J. Hart, L.C. van Laake, A.H. Slocum.  Small 3(5):772-777, 2007. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.200600716] [PDF]   Fruits of the forest: A desktop reactor rapidly grows forests of aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to heights of many millimeters by...

Quantitative characterization of the morphology of multi-wall carbon nanotube films by small-angle X-ray scattering

by Admin | Mar 30, 2007 | News

B.N. Wang, R.D. Bennett, E. Verploegen, A.J. Hart, R.E. Cohen.  J. Physical Chemistry C 111(16):5859-5865, 2007. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp068895a] [PDF]   Films of multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) grown by thermal chemical vapor deposition were studied...

Fabrication of composite microstructures by capillarity-driven wetting of aligned carbon nanotubes with polymers

by Admin | Mar 23, 2007 | News

E.J. García, A.J. Hart, B.L. Wardle, A.H. Slocum. Nanotechnology 18(16):165602, 2007. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/18/16/165602] [PDF]   The interaction, or wetting, of long aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) forests with off-the-shelf (no solvent added)...

Method of characterizing electrical contact properties of carbon nanotube coated surfaces

by Admin | Sep 25, 2006 | News

O. Yaglioglu, A.J. Hart, R. Martens, A.H. Slocum.  Review of Scientific Instruments 77:095105, 2006. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2349300] [PDF]   We present a method for electromechanical characterization of carbon nanotube (CNT) films grown on silicon...

Controlling the Morphology of Carbon Nanotube Films by Varying the Areal Density of Catalyst Nanoclusters Using Block-Copolymer Micellar Thin Films

by Admin | Aug 28, 2006 | News

R.D. Bennett, A.J. Hart, R.E. Cohen. Advanced Materials 18:2274-2279, 2006. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.200600975] [PDF]   The morphologies of carbon nanotube (CNT) thin films are controlled by varying the areal density of catalytic nanoclusters synthesized...