Wafer-scale vertically aligned carbon nanotubes locked by in situ hydrogelation toward strengthening static and dynamic compressive responses

• Main Authors: Jing, Lin, Li, Hongling, Tay, Roland Yingjie, Lin, Jinjun, Tsang, Siu Hon, Teo, Edwin Hang Tong, Tok, Alfred Iing Yoong
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Poly (Vinyl Alcohol); DRNTU::Engineering::Materials; Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85868; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48284
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Wafer‐scale vertically aligned carbon nanotube/poly(vinyl alcohol) (VACNT/PVA) hydrogels were fabricated by infiltration of PVA among VACNTs and subsequent in situ hydrogelation. Owing to the homogeneous PVA infiltration, uniform distribution and orientation of the CNTs are well retained, which in t...