Journal
ACS NANO
Volume 6, Issue 2, Pages 1204-1213Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nn203861s
Keywords
carbon nanotubes; buckypaper; nanocomposite; artificial superhydrophobic surfaces; films; roughness; conductivity
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- NSF [DMR-0804838, DMR-1040166]
- NSF-IGERT [DGE-0221664]
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- Division Of Materials Research
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1040166] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Herein we report fabrication of uniform, free-standing nanohybrid buckypaper with high carbon nanotube (CNT) contents (13-70%) using polymer single crystal-decorated CNTs as the precursor. Polyethylene single crystals were periodically grown on CNT surfaces, forming a nanohybrid shish kebab (NHSK) structure. Vacuum filtering a NHSK suspension led to polymer single crystal-decorated buckypaper (named as NHSK paper) with a wide range of CNT contents and uniform CNT dispersion. Porosity, surface roughness, and conductivity of NHSK paper can be controlled by tuning the polymer single crystal size. Because of the hierarchical roughness created by intra- and inter-NHSK nanostructure, NHSK paper with controlled kebab size exhibits both superhydrophobicity and high surface water adhesion, which mimics the rose petal effect. We anticipate that this unique NHSK paper can find applications in sensors, electrochemical devices, and coatings.
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