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Dry Oxidation and Vacuum Annealing Treatments for Tuning the Wetting Properties of Carbon Nanotube Arrays

Dry Oxidation and Vacuum Annealing Treatments for Tuning the Wetting Properties of Carbon Nanotube Arrays

DOI:
10.3791/50378-v

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08:59 min

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April 15, 2013

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1Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories,California Institute of Technology

Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 01:40Carbon Nanotube Array Growth
  • 04:02Oxygen Adsorption Induced by UV/Ozone Treatment
  • 04:53Oxygen Adsorption Induced by Oxygen Plasma Treatment
  • 05:42Oxygen Desorption Induced by Vacuum Annealing Treatment
  • 06:43Results: Variation of Wetting Behavior of Carbon Nanotube Arrays with Oxygen Adsorption and Desorption
  • 08:30Conclusion

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This article describes a simple method to fabricate vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays by CVD and to subsequently tune their wetting properties by exposing them to vacuum annealing or dry oxidation treatment.

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Carbon Nanotube ArraysWetting PropertiesHydrophilicHydrophobicDry OxidationVacuum AnnealingSurface ChemistryOxygen AdsorbatesFunctionalizationSuperhydrophobic

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