Journal
ACS NANO
Volume 4, Issue 11, Pages 6651-6658Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nn102047j
Keywords
alignment; nanocomposite; single walled carbon nanotube; SWNT; magnetic field; liquid crystal; thin film
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- NSF [DMR 0847534, CTS-0120978]
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Materials Research [0847534] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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We demonstrate a novel path for the,fabrication of thin film polymer nanocomposites containing vertically aligned single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) Liquid crystal mesophases of hexagonally packed cylindrical micelles orient with their long axes parallel to an applied magnetic field and template the alignment of SWNTs sequestered in the micellar cores. The mesophase is a stable single-phase material containing monomers that can be polymerized after nanotube alignment to form the nanocomposite polymer. The space-pervasive nature of magnetic fields and the tunable physicochemical properties of multicomponent mesophases make this an attractive approach that can be leveraged for application in diverse nanocomposite systems
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