Two- and Three-Dimensional Alignment and Patterning of Carbon Nanotubes

✍ Scribed by X.B. Wang; Y.Q. Liu; D.B. Zhu

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 273 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0935-9648
• DOI: 10.1002/1521-4095(20020116)14:2<165::aid-adma165>3.0.co;2-3

✦ Synopsis

Alignment or patterning of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is particularly important for fabricating functional devices such as field emitters, nanophotonics, nanoelectronics, and ultrahydrophobic materials. This work briefly reviews recent progress on the synthesis of two-dimensional CNT patterns, and then particularly concentrates on describing the pillar-shaped fabrication and very interesting patterns of three-dimensionally aligned CNTs formed by pyrolysis of iron(II) phthalocyanine. The possible formation mechanism of the structures is discussed. The Figure shows the pillar-shaped alignment of three-dimensional CNTs.