Friction of Partially Embedded Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofibers Inside Elastomers

@article{aksak-apl07,
  author = {Aksak, Burak and Cassell, Alan and Li, Jun and Meyyappan,
     Meyya and Callen, Phillip and Sitti, Metin},
  title = {Friction of Partially Embedded Vertically Aligned Carbon
     Nanofibers Inside Elastomers},
  journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
  venue = {Applied Physics Letters},
  year = {2007},
  volume = {91},
  abstract = {Vertically aligned carbon nanofibers partially embedded
     inside polyurethane (eVACNFs) is proposed as a robust high
     friction fibrillar material with a compliant backing. Carbon
     nanofibers with 50-150 $nm$ in diameter and 20-30 $\mu$m in
     length are vertically grown on silicon and transferred completely
     inside an elastomer by vacuum molding. Using time controlled and
     selective oxygen plasma etching, fibers are partially released up
     to 5 $\mu$m length. Macroscale friction experiments show that
     eVACNFs exhibit reproducible effective friction coefficients up
     to 1. Besides high friction, the proposed fabrication method
     improves fiber-substrate bond strength, and enables uniform
     height nanofibers with a compliant backing.},
  keywords = {Nanofiber friction, compliant nanostructures, carbon
     nanofibers},
  originallink = {http://link.aip.org/link/?apl/91/061906},
  url = {http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~claytronics/papers/aksak-apl07.pdf},
}

@article{aksak-apl07,
  author = {Aksak, Burak and Cassell, Alan and Li, Jun and Meyyappan,
     Meyya and Callen, Phillip and Sitti, Metin},
  title = {Friction of Partially Embedded Vertically Aligned Carbon
     Nanofibers Inside Elastomers},
  journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
  venue = {Applied Physics Letters},
  year = {2007},
  volume = {91},
  abstract = {Vertically aligned carbon nanofibers partially embedded
     inside polyurethane (eVACNFs) is proposed as a robust high
     friction fibrillar material with a compliant backing. Carbon
     nanofibers with 50-150 $nm$ in diameter and 20-30 $\mu$m in
     length are vertically grown on silicon and transferred completely
     inside an elastomer by vacuum molding. Using time controlled and
     selective oxygen plasma etching, fibers are partially released up
     to 5 $\mu$m length. Macroscale friction experiments show that
     eVACNFs exhibit reproducible effective friction coefficients up
     to 1. Besides high friction, the proposed fabrication method
     improves fiber-substrate bond strength, and enables uniform
     height nanofibers with a compliant backing.},
  keywords = {Nanofiber friction, compliant nanostructures, carbon
     nanofibers},
  originallink = {http://link.aip.org/link/?apl/91/061906},
  url = {http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~claytronics/papers/aksak-apl07.pdf},
}

@article{aksak-apl07,
  author = {Aksak, Burak and Cassell, Alan and Li, Jun and Meyyappan,
     Meyya and Callen, Phillip and Sitti, Metin},
  title = {Friction of Partially Embedded Vertically Aligned Carbon
     Nanofibers Inside Elastomers},
  journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
  venue = {Applied Physics Letters},
  year = {2007},
  volume = {91},
  abstract = {Vertically aligned carbon nanofibers partially embedded
     inside polyurethane (eVACNFs) is proposed as a robust high
     friction fibrillar material with a compliant backing. Carbon
     nanofibers with 50-150 $nm$ in diameter and 20-30 $\mu$m in
     length are vertically grown on silicon and transferred completely
     inside an elastomer by vacuum molding. Using time controlled and
     selective oxygen plasma etching, fibers are partially released up
     to 5 $\mu$m length. Macroscale friction experiments show that
     eVACNFs exhibit reproducible effective friction coefficients up
     to 1. Besides high friction, the proposed fabrication method
     improves fiber-substrate bond strength, and enables uniform
     height nanofibers with a compliant backing.},
  keywords = {Nanofiber friction, compliant nanostructures, carbon
     nanofibers},
  originallink = {http://link.aip.org/link/?apl/91/061906},
  url = {http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~claytronics/papers/aksak-apl07.pdf},
}