Surface Modification: Surface Modification of Polymers: Methods and Applications (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 24/2018)

Abstract

Conformal coating of cylindrically-patterned carbon nano tube micropillars with a dielectric poly-tetravinyltetrameth ylcyclotetrasiloxane) (PV4D4) film using initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD), followed by lithiation for 3 days in a 1 M solution of LiClO4 in propylene carbonate (PC) and annealing at 110 °C for 1 hour, results in partial capillarity-driven collapse of cylinders and the formation of porous CNT ?microcupcakes? that offer potential application as electrodes in 3D Li+ batteries. More details can be found in article number 1801247 by Srinivasa Kartik Nemani, Hossein Sojoudi, and co-workers. Courtesy of Hossein Sojoudi, Sanha Kim, and Gareth H. McKinley, Karen K. Gleason, and A. John Hart groups at MIT.