Facile and Scalable Fabrication of Well‐Aligned and Closely Packed Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotube Films on Various Substrates

Horizontal alignment of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in large-area (square centimeter scale) films is achieved by a facile approach. Combining in situ arc discharge growth of SWNTs with a weak (0.56 T) magnetic field allows aligned SWNT films to be fabricated on various substrates, including flexible plastics. Moreover, the film size, thickness, location and orientation can all be controlled. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.