INTERWOVEN CARBON NANOTUBE MATS

INTERWOVEN CARBON NANOTUBE MATS

Systems and methods are provided for stitching together sheets of interwoven carbon nanotubes. One embodiment is a method that includes providing multiple sheets of interwoven carbon nanotubes, arranging the sheets over a substrate such that interstices of the sheets overlap at a stitch region of th...

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1. Verfasser: HUMFELD, Keith Daniel
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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CHEMISTRY
COMPOUNDS THEREOF
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
METALLURGY
NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
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Zusammenfassung:Systems and methods are provided for stitching together sheets of interwoven carbon nanotubes. One embodiment is a method that includes providing multiple sheets of interwoven carbon nanotubes, arranging the sheets over a substrate such that interstices of the sheets overlap at a stitch region of the substrate and heating catalysts at the substrate above a threshold temperature to trigger growth of new carbon nanotubes. The method also includes adjusting alignment of an electrical field that defines a direction of growth of the new carbon nanotubes, thereby causing the new carbon nanotubes to grow through the interstices and then stitch the sheets together.