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Self-Assembly of Large-Scale Micropatterns on Aligned Carbon Nanotube FilmsThe fabrication of well-defined structures with nanoscalematerials is a key technology,[1] and self-assembly is anefficient and often preferred process to build micro- andnanoparticles into ordered macroscopic structures.[2] Ascarbon nanotubes are attractive materials for nanotechnologybecause of their interesting physicochemical properties andmolecular symmetries,[3–6] it is necessary to control thearchitecture of carbon nanotubes on the substrates. Mostpatterned carbon nanotubes are formed on prepatternedsubstrates or prepatterned catalysts during the fabricationprocess.[7–9] Herein we report the first use of a long-rangeforce (capillary force) in the self-assembly of three-dimensional(3D) micropatterns on aligned carbon nanotube filmsthrough a water-spreading method after the growth of thecarbon nanotube. It is considered that low-density regions orvacancies of carbon nanotube films play an important role inthe formation of the pattern. Therefore different kinds ofhighly ordered micropatterned structures have been built in acontrolled fashion by introducing vacancies artificially.(请下载全文欣赏)