Paper TF-TuP2
Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Growth and Substrate Adhesion for CNT-based Materials

Tuesday, October 16, 2007, 6:00 pm, Room 4C

Growth of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on various substrates has been studied as various CVD process parameters are varied, and CNT up to several millimeters long have been grown in both continuous dense mats and as patterned CNT bundle arrays. The adhesion of these CNT mats to their substrate surfaces has also been investigated as a function of processing conditions, and various methods to improve CNT-substrate adhesion have been investigated. Recent results will be presented from these studies, which have as their long-term goal the incorporation of as-grown, aligned CNT mats into composite materials, so that CNTs’ outstanding mechanical, thermal and electrical properties can be exhibited by the resulting materials.