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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2012
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (US);
Robert C. Davis, Provo, UT (US);
Richard R. Vanfleet, Provo, UT (US);
Brigham Young University, Provo, unknown;
Abstract
A microscale device comprises a patterned forest of vertically grown and aligned carbon nanotubes defining a carbon nanotube forest with the nanotubes having a height defining a thickness of the forest, the patterned forest defining a patterned frame that defines one or more components of a microscale device. A conformal coating of substantially uniform thickness at least partially coats the nanotubes, defining coated nanotubes and connecting adjacent nanotubes together, without substantially filling interstices between individual coated nanotubes. A metallic interstitial material infiltrates the carbon nanotube forest and at least partially fills interstices between individual coated nanotubes.