RICE UNIVERSITY
Tailoring Vertically-Aligned Carbon Nanotube Growth for
Poly(dimethylsiloxane)-Infiltrated Nanocomposites
by
Brent J. Carey
A THESIS SUBMITTED
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE
Master of Science
PPROVED, thesis committee
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Pι⅛keWtfC Ajayan, Chair
Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood
Anderson Professor of Engineering
EnriqueV. Barrera
Professor OfMechanical Engineering &
Materials Science, Chair
Carl Rau
Professor of Physics & Astronomy
HOUSTON, TEXAS
April 2010