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SUBMITTER: Lalwani G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3578711 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lalwani Gaurav G Kwaczala Andrea Trinward AT Kanakia Shruti S Patel Sunny C SC Judex Stefan S Sitharaman Balaji B
Carbon 20121024
We report a simple method to fabricate macroscopic, 3-D, free standing, all-carbon scaffolds (porous structures) using multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) as the starting materials. The scaffolds prepared by radical initiated thermal crosslinking, and annealing of MWCNTs possess macroscale interconnected pores, robust structural integrity, stability, and conductivity. The porosity of the three-dimensional structure can be controlled by varying the amount of radical initiator, thereby allowing ...[more]