Characterization of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Forests Grown on Stainless Steel Surfaces.

ABSTRACT: Vertically aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) forests are a particularly interesting class of nanomaterials, because they combine multifunctional properties, such as high energy absorption, compressive strength, recoverability, and super-hydrophobicity with light weight. These characteristics make them suitable for application as coating, protective layers, and antifouling substrates for metallic pipelines and blades. Direct growth of CNT forests on metals offers the possibility of transferring the tunable CNT functionalities directly onto the desired substrates. Here, we focus on characterizing the structure and mechanical properties, as well as wettability and adhesion, of CNT forests grown on different types of stainless steel. We investigate the correlations between composition and morpholo

SUBMITTER: Roumeli E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6474093 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature