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Nanoparticle News, April, 2006
A new process has been developed to make flexible nanoskins-combining the strength and conductivity of CNTs with polymers-that can be used in a variety of applications ranging from electronic paper to chemical, biological and mechanical strain sensors.
Researchers at Northeastern University, New Mexico State University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have developed a new fabrication procedure that allows them to grow CNT arrays on a separate platform and infiltrate a CNT array with a soft polymer, such as polydimethylsiloxane. When the polymer hardens, it is essentially peeled back from the platform, leaving a flexible skin with organized arrays of nanotubes embedded throughout. Pulickel Ajayan, the lead researcher from RPI says, "we have found a...
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