Techniques for covalent bonding of carbon nanotubes to substrates
AssigneeUniversity of Cincinnati
InventorsNoe Alvarez, Chaminda Nawarathne, Abdul Hoque, Pankaj Gupta, Chethani Ruhunage
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Abstract
The method of covalently bonding carbon nanotubes to substrates is provided. The method comprises functionalizing a substrate and each open-end of a plurality of open-ended carbon nanotubes, embedding each of the plurality of open-ended carbon nanotubes within respective polymers, aligning, orthogonally, the plurality of open-ended carbon nanotubes relative to the substrate, and applying pressure on each of the plurality of open-ended carbon nanotubes relative to the substrate for enabling covalent bonding of each of the plurality of open-ended carbon nanotubes to the substrate.
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A method comprising:
- functionalizing a substrate and each open-end of a plurality of open-ended carbon nanotubes;
- embedding each of the plurality of open-ended carbon nanotubes within respective polymers;
- aligning, orthogonally, the plurality of open-ended carbon nanotubes relative to the substrate;
- and
- applying pressure on each of the plurality of open-ended carbon nanotubes relative to the substrate for enabling covalent bonding of each of the plurality of open-ended carbon nanotubes to the substrate.
A method comprising:
- functionalizing a substrate and each open end of a plurality of high density open-ended carbon nanotubes;
- embedding each of the plurality of high density open-ended carbon nanotubes within respective polymers;
- aligning, orthogonally, the plurality of high density open-ended carbon nanotubes relative to the substrate in a forest format;
- and
- applying pressure on each of the plurality of high density open-ended carbon nanotubes relative to the substrate for enabling covalent bonding of each of the plurality of high density open-ended carbon nanotubes to the substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.