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

Daniel Tune; Benedikt Stolz; Moritz Pfohl; Benjamin Flavel

doi:10.1039/c5nr08784h

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

Daniel Tune, Benedikt Stolz, Moritz Pfohl, Benjamin Flavel

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3232-3236
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nanoscale
Volume	8
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c5nr08784h
Publication status	Published - 14 Feb 2016

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