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Layer-by-layer, ultrasonic spray assembled 2D and 3D chemically crosslinked carbon nanotubes and graphene

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2017

Sunny C. Patel ,
Owais Alam ,
Dongye Zhang ,
Kartikey Grover ,
Yi-Xian Qin  and
Balaji Sitharaman
Sunny C. Patel
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5281, USA
Owais Alam
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5281, USA
Dongye Zhang
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5281, USA
Kartikey Grover
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5281, USA
Yi-Xian Qin
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5281, USA
Balaji Sitharaman*
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5281, USA
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: balaji.sitharaman@stonybrook.edu
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Abstract

Two- and three-dimensional assemblies of carbon nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes and graphene are necessary to harness their remarkable physicochemical properties in many clean energy, electronics, and biomedical applications. Herein we report a facile, economical, and versatile method for layer-by-layer fabrication of chemically-crosslinked carbon nanomaterial assemblies by ultrasonic spray coating combined with radical-initiated crosslinking reaction. The chemical, surface, and mechanical properties of the carbon nanomaterial coatings were characterized by Raman spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, scanning- and transmission-electron microscopy, and nano-dynamic mechanical analysis. Our results indicate that the macroscopic 2D assemblies of crosslinked carbon nanotubes or graphene nanoparticles have surface uniformity, are chemically-crosslinked, and are mechanically robust. We further provide proof-of-concept demonstration of fabricating free-standing, porous, 3D single-walled carbon nanotube structures. Taken together, the results opens avenues toward adapting our method to enable 3D printing or additive manufacturing of all-carbon nanomaterial structures.

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coatingsthin filmscarbon nanomaterialsgraphenemanufacturing
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , 27 January 2017 , pp. 370 - 382
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