The discovery of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) revealed that this new form of carbon can
challenge traditional materials on many fronts. Remarkable electrical, thermal, mechanical …

Raman spectroscopy is one of the most extensively employed methods for the
characterization of carbon nanotubes. In this review article, an overview about Raman …

First Self-Contained Source Entirely Dedicated to Nanocarbons Carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
attract a good deal of attention for their electronic, mechanical, optical, and chemical …

Single wall carbon nanotube films (bucky paper) have been prepared using aqueous
dispersions containing 0, 3, 6, and 10 M nitric acid. With increasing nitric acid concentration …

The use of carbon nanotubes in photovoltaics is still challenging due to different issues
connected to their synthesis, purification, functionalization, processing and device …

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are a fundamental family of distinct molecules,
each bearing the possibility of different reactivities due to their intrinsically distinct chemical …

Recent experimental work on the chemical functionalization of single-wall carbon nanotubes
and its implication on the tubes' electronic and vibrational properties are surveyed. The …

We study exciton (EX) dynamics in single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) included in
polymethylmethacrylate by two-color pump-probe experiments with unprecedented temporal …

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are π-conjugated, quasi-one-dimensional
structures consisting of rolled-up graphene sheets that, depending on their chirality, behave …

The synthesis, sorting and organization of carbon nanotubes are major challengestoward
future applications. This chapter reviews recent advances in these topics, addressing both …