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SUBMITTER: Chakrapani N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC384686 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chakrapani Nirupama N Wei Bingqing B Carrillo Alvaro A Ajayan Pulickel M PM Kane Ravi S RS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20040311 12
Capillary forces arising during the evaporation of liquids from dense carbon nanotube arrays are used to reassemble the nanotubes into two-dimensional contiguous cellular foams. The stable nanotube foams can be elastically deformed, transferred to other substrates, or floated out to produce free-standing macroscopic fabrics. The lightweight cellular foams made of condensed nanotubes could have applications as shock-absorbent structural reinforcements and elastic membranes. The ability to control ...[more]