Carbon Nanotube templated structures

Carbon nano tubes are of great interest to science due to their strong mechanical and exotic electrical properties. Nano tubes have potential application in transistors, micro electrical mechanical devices (MEMS), and structural materials. We have been using nanotube forests as a template to fabricate larger scale structures. The nanotube template is infiltrated with another material (like silicon or carbon). This infiltration can be thin to stabilize the forest and make a porous structure or thick to make a solid structure. Different methods employed at Brigham Young University of patterning, growing, and infiltrating nano tubes are presented on a poster along with applications.