Characterization and Alignment of Carbon Nanofibers under Shear Force in Microchannel

Figure 1

CNTs alignment design: platform, channel, and architecture. (a) Schematic diagram of the platform design used to prepare aligned CNFs preform; (b) channel design with two different pieces, big part has a drilled-cylinder nozzle (Φ = 4 mm) and small piece is milled to form the microchannels (1 mm × 0.1 mm and 1 mm × 0.2 mm); (c) pipe and microchannel sizes; (d) layering pattern of aligned CNFs suspension within preform.

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