Densified aligned carbon nanotube films via vapor phase infiltration of carbon |
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Authors: | Xuesong Li Lijie Ci Caterina Soldano Pulickel M. Ajayan |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th, Troy, New York 12180, USA b Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th, Troy, New York 12180, USA c US Army Research Laboratory, Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate, Adelphi, Maryland 20783, USA |
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Abstract: | We report a simple way to produce fully densified aligned carbon nanotube (ACNT) films. The simultaneous growth of nanotubes and densification of the ACNT films by carbon infiltration in the interstitial spaces between nanotubes are accomplished in a single step by the combination of the chemical vapor deposition and chemical vapor infiltration processes. Scanning electron microscope analysis and microbalance measurements showed that after infiltration, the diameters of nanotubes and bulk density of the ACNT films are increased by an order of magnitude (and hence the porosity of the ACNT films is decreased). Transmission electron microscope and Raman scattering analysis showed that after densification, the nanotubes are conformally coated by partially graphitized pyrolytic carbon. The compressive modulus of the densified ACNT films could be increased by three orders of magnitude compared to the pristine ACNT films. Electrical properties are also measured for the densified films showing marked differences with the ACNT films. The property enhanced densified ACNT films constitute a new form of carbon-carbon nanocomposites and could find applications as multifunctional nanocomposites. |
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