Control over the wettability of an aligned carbon nanotube film

Taolei Sun; Guojie Wang; Huan Liu; Lin Feng; Lei Jiang; Daoben Zhu

doi:10.1021/ja038026o

Control over the wettability of an aligned carbon nanotube film

J Am Chem Soc. 2003 Dec 10;125(49):14996-7. doi: 10.1021/ja038026o.

Authors

Taolei Sun¹, Guojie Wang, Huan Liu, Lin Feng, Lei Jiang, Daoben Zhu

Affiliation

¹ Center of Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, P. R. China.

PMID: 14653728
DOI: 10.1021/ja038026o

Abstract

Three-dimensional anisotropic aligned carbon nanotube microstructures were constructed by the chemical vapor deposition method on silicon templates with well-defined structure. It brought about new properties of wettability. Superhydrophobic (contact angle > 150 degrees ) and very hydrophilic (contact angle < 30 degrees ) properties can both be achieved by a simple change of structural parameter.