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Conductive Carbon Nanotube Composite Microprobes
Author(s) -
Yaglioglu O.,
Martens R.,
Hart A. J.,
Slocum A. H.
Publication year - 2008
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.200700075
Subject(s) - materials science , carbon nanotube , electrical conductor , composite number , substrate (aquarium) , electrically conductive , nanotechnology , nanotube , composite material , epoxy , oceanography , geology
A simple, flexible, and robust way of fabricating fully functional electromechanical carbon nanotube (CNT) microprobes, by transferring as‐grown CNT columns onto a conductive substrate using a conductive epoxy (see figure), is shown. The CNT microprobes are approximately 500 times stronger than as‐grown pillars and can perform up to 200 cycles without degradation in electrical or mechanical properties.