Freestanding foils of nanotube arrays fused with metals

Novel freestanding foils of vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays (VANTAs) fused with metals are fabricated in a scalable four-step process of (1) VANTA synthesis, (2) deposition of partially infused metal film, (3) removal from growth substrate, and (4) optional deposition of a second metal fil...

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Published inJournal of materials science Vol. 49; no. 20; pp. 7080 - 7086
Main Authors Poenitzsch, Vasiliki Z., Slinker, Keith A., Miles, Dustin W., Miller, Michael A., Wei, Ronghua, Coulter, Kent E., Gardner, Slade H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston Springer US 01.10.2014
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Arrays
Carbon nanotubes
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Chemistry and Materials Science
Classical Mechanics
Crystallography and Scattering Methods
Deposition
Electric contacts
Electric properties
Electrical conductivity
Foils
Materials Science
Metallic films
Nanotubes
Polymer Sciences
Solid Mechanics
Substrates
Ultrasonic testing
Carbon nanotube
Metal
Composite
Interface
Carbon nanotube array
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Summary:Novel freestanding foils of vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays (VANTAs) fused with metals are fabricated in a scalable four-step process of (1) VANTA synthesis, (2) deposition of partially infused metal film, (3) removal from growth substrate, and (4) optional deposition of a second metal film on the back side. Mechanical and electrical testing demonstrates excellent contact between the VANTA and the interface-infused metal layers.
ISSN:0022-2461
1573-4803
DOI:10.1007/s10853-014-8414-x