Chemistry of carbon nanotubes

D Tasis, N Tagmatarchis, A Bianco, M Prato - Chemical reviews, 2006 - ACS Publications
The unidirectional growth of materials to form nanowires or nanotubes has attracted
enormous interest in recent years. Within the different classes of tubes made of organic or …

Big returns from small fibers: a review of polymer/carbon nanotube composites

O Breuer, U Sundararaj - Polymer composites, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reviews recent studies conducted on carbon nanotube/polymer composites.
Carbon nanotubes are promising new materials for blending with polymers with potential to …

High resolution XPS characterization of chemical functionalised MWCNTs and SWCNTs

TIT Okpalugo, P Papakonstantinou, H Murphy… - Carbon, 2005 - Elsevier
High resolution XPS analysis of chemical functionalised multi-wall carbon nanotubes
(MWCNTs) and single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) was done with ESCA300 (overall …

Functionalization of carbon nanotubes

A Hirsch, O Vostrowsky - Functional Molecular Nanostructures: -/-, 2005 - Springer
Through functionalization of carbon nanotubes, ie, the attachment of appropriate chemical
functionalities onto their conjugated sp 2 carbon scaffold, the prerequisites for faciliating the …

Covalently bridging gaps in single-walled carbon nanotubes with conducting molecules

X Guo, JP Small, JE Klare, Y Wang, MS Purewal… - Science, 2006 - science.org
Molecular electronics is often limited by the poorly defined nature of the contact between the
molecules and the metal surface. We describe a method to wire molecules into gaps in …

Mechanochemistry of fullerenes and related materials

SE Zhu, F Li, GW Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The low or lack of solubility of fullerenes, carbon nanotubes and graphene/graphite in
organic solvents and water severely hampers the study of their chemical functionalizations …

Radio-frequency plasma functionalization of carbon nanotubes surface O2, NH3, and CF4 treatments

A Felten, C Bittencourt, JJ Pireaux, G Van Lier… - Journal of applied …, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
Inductive coupled rf-plasma at 13.56 MHz was used to modify multiwalled carbon nanotubes
(MWCNTs). This technique can be easily used to tailor the chemical composition of carbon …

Nanotechnology-based water treatment strategies

S Kumar, W Ahlawat, G Bhanjana… - … of nanoscience and …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
The most important component for living beings on the earth is access to clean and safe
drinking water. Globally, water scarcity is pervasive even in water-rich areas as immense …

Polyaniline-Coated Carbon Nanotube Ultrafiltration Membranes: Enhanced Anodic Stability for In Situ Cleaning and Electro-Oxidation Processes

W Duan, A Ronen, S Walker… - ACS applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Electrically conducting membranes (ECMs) have been reported to be efficient in fouling
prevention and destruction of aqueous chemical compounds. In the current study, highly …

[HTML][HTML] Hybrid carbon based nanomaterials for electrochemical detection of biomolecules

T Laurila, S Sainio, MA Caro - Progress in Materials Science, 2017 - Elsevier
By combining different allotropic forms of carbon at the nanoscale it is possible to fabricate
tailor made surfaces with unique properties. These novel materials have shown high …