Carbon nanotubes and related nanomaterials: critical advances and challenges for synthesis toward mainstream commercial applications

R Rao, CL Pint, AE Islam, RS Weatherup, S Hofmann… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Advances in the synthesis and scalable manufacturing of single-walled carbon nanotubes
(SWCNTs) remain critical to realizing many important commercial applications. Here we …

Micro-/nanostructures meet anisotropic wetting: from preparation methods to applications

P Ge, S Wang, J Zhang, B Yang - Materials Horizons, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
A surface is said to be isotropic in wettability when the contact angles measured in all
direction are identical. On the contrary, once a surface shows distinct contact angles in …

Mass transfer techniques for large-scale and high-density microLED arrays

F Chen, J Bian, J Hu, N Sun, B Yang… - … Journal of Extreme …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Inorganic-based micro light-emitting diodes (microLEDs) offer more fascinating properties
and unique demands in next-generation displays. However, the small size of the microLED …

Exploration of spectroscopic, surface morphological, structural, electrical, optical and mechanical properties of biocompatible PVA-GO PNCs

SB Dangi, SZ Hashmi, U Kumar, BL Choudhary… - Diamond and Related …, 2022 - Elsevier
The studies carried out in this paper are directed towards preparation of nanocomposite
films of PVA (polyvinyl alcohol)-GO (graphene oxide) with variable wt% of GO by simple …

Multimodal collective swimming of magnetically articulated modular nanocomposite robots

S Won, HE Lee, YS Cho, K Yang, JE Park… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Magnetically responsive composites can impart maneuverability to miniaturized robots.
However, collective actuation of these composite robots has rarely been achieved, although …

Light‐actuated anisotropic microactuators from CNT/hydrogel nanocomposites

A Gregg, MFL De Volder… - Advanced Optical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decades, functional hydrogels that respond to a variety of mechanical and
chemical stimuli with a volume change of more than 100% have been developed. Despite …

3D Nanofabrication via Directed Material Assembly: Mechanism, Method, and Future

S Gu, B Chen, X Xu, F Han, SC Chen - Advanced Materials, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Fabrication of complex three‐dimensional (3D) structures at nanoscale is the core of
nanotechnology, as it enables the creation of various micro‐/nano‐devices such as micro …

Orienting Electron Fillings in d Orbitals of Cobalt Single Atoms for Effective Zinc–Air Battery at a Subzero Temperature

Y Yan, B Wen, M Liu, H Lei, J Yang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The missions in extreme environments such as the moon, the Arctic/Antarctic, and the
plateau require the operation of batteries at low temperatures even below the freezing point …

An ultra-broad-range pressure sensor based on a gradient stiffness design

F Xue, H Zheng, Q Peng, Y Hu, X Zhao, L Xu, P Li… - Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The question of how to make artificial intelligence robots perceive the power of “light as a
feather” and “heavy as a mountain” at the same time has always been a goal that people are …

Analysis on the synthesis of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes: growth mechanism and techniques

P Sharma, V Pavelyev, S Kumar, P Mishra… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Springer
This review article deals with orientation controlled growth of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs).
Vertically aligned CNTs (VACNTs) are considered as the best type of CNTs among all …