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Aligned carbon nanotubes in a thin polymer film
Author(s) -
Ajayan Pulickel M.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.19950070520
Subject(s) - carbon nanotube , materials science , polymer , nanotechnology , thin film , carbon nanobud , carbon fibers , carbon nanotube actuators , range (aeronautics) , optical properties of carbon nanotubes , nanotube , composite material , composite number
Carbon nanotubes (see figure) constitute one of the smallest one‐dimensional and nearly perfect structures available and these materials should exhibit a wide range of interesting properties. Most of these properties, however, will only be of use if te structures can be manipulated into a controlled configuration here the alignment of nanotubes in thin polymer films is discussed.