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Focused ion beam milling of carbon nanotube yarns and bucky-papers : correlating their internal structure with their macro-properties

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Focused ion beam (FIB) milling through carbon nanotube (CNT) yarns and bucky-papers followed by scanning electron microscopy has recently emerged as a powerful tool for eliciting details of their internal structure. The internal arrangement of CNTs in bucky-papers and yarns directly affects their performance and characteristics. Consequently this information is critical for further optimisation of these structures and to tailor their properties for specific applications. This chapter describes in detail FIB milling of CNT yarns and bucky-papers and gives a range of examples where FIB milling has enabled a better understanding of how processing conditions and treatments affect the internal structure. Emphasis is placed on how FIB milling elucidates the influence of fabrication conditions on the internal arrangement of CNTs and how this influences the material's macroscopic properties.

History

Chapter number

4

Pagination

63-93

ISBN-13

9783319028743

Language

eng

Publication classification

B1 Book chapter

Copyright notice

2013, Springer

Extent

19

Editor/Contributor(s)

Wang Z

Publisher

Springer

Place of publication

Berlin, Germany

Title of book

FIB nanostructures