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In-Situ Fabrication of Freestanding Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube–Silicate Composite Hex Nuts†

  1. R. Colorado Jr.1,
  2. M. E. Diosomito1,2,
  3. A. R. Barron1

Article first published online: 4 MAY 2005

DOI: 10.1002/adma.200400836

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 17, Issue 13, pages 1634–1637, July, 2005

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Colorado, R., Diosomito, M. E. and Barron, A. R. (2005), In-Situ Fabrication of Freestanding Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube–Silicate Composite Hex Nuts. Adv. Mater., 17: 1634–1637. doi: 10.1002/adma.200400836

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, and The Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA

  2. 2

    Present address: Booker T. Washington Magnet School of Engineering, Houston Independent School District, Houston, TX 77018, USA.

  1. †

    Financial support for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation and the Robert A. Welch Foundation. We thank Prof. R. E. Smalley for the supply of raw HiPco SWNTs. Supporting Information is available online from Wiley InterScience or from the author.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 1 JUL 2005
  2. Article first published online: 4 MAY 2005
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 22 OCT 2004
  4. Manuscript Received: 25 MAY 2004

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Keywords:

  • Carbon nanotube composites;
  • Carbon nanotubes, single-walled;
  • Nanostructures, hollow;
  • Silica
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Freestanding “hex nuts” composed of a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT)–silicate composite (see Figure) have been fabricated from mats of silica-coated SWNTs using a novel dissolution/regrowth process. This approach simultaneously generates large numbers of composites with well-defined shapes and uniform dimensions. Discrete steps of this fabrication process are discussed.

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