Graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, and their heterostructures: properties and applications

J Wang, F Ma, M Sun - RSC advances, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, two-dimensional atomic-level thickness crystal materials have attracted
widespread interest such as graphene, hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), silicene …

Nano-bioelectronics

A Zhang, CM Lieber - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Nano-bioelectronics represents a rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field that combines
nanomaterials with biology and electronics and, in so doing, offers the potential to overcome …

Current understanding of the growth of carbon nanotubes in catalytic chemical vapour deposition

V Jourdain, C Bichara - Carbon, 2013 - Elsevier
Due to its higher degree of control and its scalability, catalytic chemical vapour deposition is
now the prevailing synthesis method of carbon nanotubes. Catalytic chemical vapour …

Growth of half-meter long carbon nanotubes based on Schulz–Flory distribution

R Zhang, Y Zhang, Q Zhang, H **e, W Qian, F Wei - ACS nano, 2013 - ACS Publications
The Schulz–Flory distribution is a mathematical function that describes the relative ratios of
polymers of different length after a polymerization process, based on their relative …

Superlubricity in centimetres-long double-walled carbon nanotubes under ambient conditions

R Zhang, Z Ning, Y Zhang, Q Zheng, Q Chen… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Friction and wear are two main causes of mechanical energy dissipation and component
failure, especially in micro/nanomechanical systems with large surface-to-volume ratios. In …

Recent progress on the growth mechanism of carbon nanotubes: a review

JP Tessonnier, DS Su - ChemSusChem, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Tremendous progress has been achieved during the past 20 years on not only improving
the yields of carbon nanotubes and move progressively towards their mass production, but …

Function-driven engineering of 1D carbon nanotubes and 0D carbon dots: mechanism, properties and applications

Q Xu, W Li, L Ding, W Yang, H **ao, WJ Ong - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal-free carbonaceous nanomaterials have witnessed a renaissance of interest due to the
surge in the realm of nanotechnology. Among myriads of carbon-based nanostructures with …

Horizontally aligned carbon nanotube arrays: growth mechanism, controlled synthesis, characterization, properties and applications

R Zhang, Y Zhang, F Wei - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted worldwide research interest in the past two
decades owing to their extraordinary properties and wide applications in numerous fields …

Carbon nanotube mass production: principles and processes

Q Zhang, JQ Huang, MQ Zhao, WZ Qian… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Our society requires new materials for a sustainable future, and carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
are among the most important advanced materials. This Review describes the state‐of‐the …

Super-durable ultralong carbon nanotubes

Y Bai, H Yue, J Wang, B Shen, S Sun, S Wang, H Wang… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Fatigue resistance is a key property of the service lifetime of structural materials. Carbon
nanotubes (CNTs) are one of the strongest materials ever discovered, but measuring their …