The Controlled Pattern Growth of Aligned Carbon NanotubesAbstract Micropatterns of aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been prepared by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method, and patterned structure of aligned CNTs was controlled through patterned formation of silicon oxide (SiO2) using lithographic technology. The simultaneous growth of carbon nanotubes in different directions could be realized. The building of nanotube-based micro-pattern is useful for fabricating electrical devices.(请下载全文欣赏)
Nanoscale Data Recording on an Organic Monolayer FilmWidely acknowledged as a critical technology in the development of information technology, nanometer-scale data recording has been thoroughly explored....(请下载全文欣赏)
Self-Assembly of Large-Scale Micropatterns on Aligned Carbon Nanotube FilmsThe fabrication of well-defined structures with nanoscalematerials is a key technology,[1] and self-assembly is anefficient and often preferred process to build micro- andnanoparticles into ordered macroscopic structures.[2] Ascarbon nanotubes are attractive materials for nanotechnologybecause of their interesting physicochemical properties andmolecular symmetries,[3–6] it is necessary to control thearchitecture of carbon nanotubes on the substrates. Mostpatterned carbon nanotubes are formed on prepatternedsubstrates or prepatterned catalysts during the fabricationprocess.[7–9] Herein we report the first use of a long-rangeforce (capillary force) in the self-assembly of three-dimensional(3D) micropatterns on aligned carbon nanotube filmsthrough a water-spreading method after the growth of thecarbon nanotube. It is considered that low-density regions orvacancies of carbon nanotube films play an important role inthe formation of the pattern. Therefore different kinds ofhighly ordered micropatterned structures have been built in acontrolled fashion by introducing vacancies artificially.(请下载全文欣赏)