Hybrid created by Rice, Honda Research Institute shows
nanotubes can grow on anything
What may be the ultimate heat sink is only possible because
of yet another astounding capability of graphene. The one-atom-thick form of
carbon can act as a go-between that allows vertically aligned carbon nanotubes
to grow on nearly anything.
That includes diamonds. A diamond film/graphene/nanotube
structure was one result of new research carried out by scientists at Rice
University and the Honda Research Institute USA, reported today in Nature’s
online journal Scientific Reports.