Large Area Growth of Aligned CNT Arrays on Spheres: Towards the Large Scale and Continuous Production

2007/07/18 by Rong Xiang, Guohua Luo, Xiang, Rong +9
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Materials and Mechanics #Anodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures #FOS: Physical sciences #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) #Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other) #cond-mat.mtrl-sci #cond-mat.other

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0707.2763

20 pages, 12 figures, Chemical Vapor Deposition, In press

arxiv created 2007/07/18 · openalex publication_date 2007/07/18 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

A novel strategy for the large scale and continuous production of aligned carbon nanotube arrays using millimeter-diameter spheres as growth substrates is reported. The present technique is more productive than the conventional process on flat wafers because of the higher available growth surface and the good fluidity of the spherical substrates. It can be adapted for the industrial production and application of aligned carbon nanotube arrays with lengths up to millimeter.

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