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A Switchable and Compressible Carbon Nanotube Sponge Electrocapillary Imbiber
Author(s) -
Xue Yahui,
Yang Yanbing,
Sun Hui,
Li Xiying,
Wu Shiting,
Cao Anyuan,
Duan Huiling
Publication year - 2015
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.201502837
Subject(s) - carbon nanotube , materials science , nanoporous , nanotechnology , imbibition , carbon fibers , computer science , composite material , botany , germination , biology , composite number
Carbon nanotube sponges are lightweight, conductive, highly porous, and flexible. An integration of these properties is suitable for constructing high‐performance electrocapillary imbibers. Water imbibition into the sponges can be initiated at low potentials with tunable uptake rates and switched on and off reversibly. These controllable nanoporous imbibers have potential applications in a wide range of flexible micro‐ and nanofluidic systems.