Issue 6, 2016

Dry shear aligning: a simple and versatile method to smooth and align the surfaces of carbon nanotube thin films

Abstract

We show that the application of lateral shear force on a randomly oriented thin film of carbon nanotubes, in the dry state, causes significant reordering of the nanotubes at the film surface. This new technique of dry shear aligning is applicable to carbon nanotube thin films produced by many of the established methods.

Graphical abstract: Dry shear aligning: a simple and versatile method to smooth and align the surfaces of carbon nanotube thin films

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Article type
Communication
Submitted
10 Dec 2015
Accepted
08 Jan 2016
First published
13 Jan 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Nanoscale, 2016,8, 3232-3236

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Dry shear aligning: a simple and versatile method to smooth and align the surfaces of carbon nanotube thin films

D. D. Tune, B. W. Stolz, M. Pfohl and B. S. Flavel, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 3232 DOI: 10.1039/C5NR08784H

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