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Carbon Nanotubes--the Route Toward Applications

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Many potential applications have been proposed for carbon nanotubes, including conductive and high-strength composites; energy storage and energy conversion devices; sensors; field emission displays and radiation sources; hydrogen storage media; and nanometer-sized semiconductor devices, probes, and interconnects.
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Many potential applications have been proposed for carbon nanotubes, including conductive and high-strength composites; energy storage and energy conversion devices; sensors; field emission displays and radiation sources; hydrogen storage media; and nanometer-sized semiconductor devices, probes, and interconnects. Some of these applications are now realized in products. Others are demonstrated in early to advanced devices, and one, hydrogen storage, is clouded by controversy. Nanotube cost, polydispersity in nanotube type, and limitations in processing and assembly methods are important barriers for some applications of single-walled nanotubes.

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Electrospinning carbon nanotube polymer composite nanofibers

TL;DR: The unique and exceptional physical properties of carbon nanotubes have inspired their use as a filler within a polymeric matrix to produce carbon-nanotube polymer composites with enhanced mechanic as mentioned in this paper.
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Toughness Enhancement in ROMP Functionalized Carbon Nanotube/Polydicyclopentadiene Composites

TL;DR: In this paper, a ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) was used to construct carbon nanotube (MWNT)/dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) nanocomposites.
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Electrically conductive polypropylene nanocomposites with negative permittivity at low carbon nanotube loading levels.

TL;DR: Polypropylene (PP)/carbon nanotubes (CNTs) nanocomposites were prepared by coating CNTs on the surface of gelated/swollen soft PP pellets and the electrical conductivity mechanism followed a 3-d variable range hopping (VRH) behavior.
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Influence of microstructure on the capacitive performance of polyaniline/carbon nanotube array composite electrodes

TL;DR: In this article, a series of polyaniline/carbon nanotube array (PANI/CNTA) composite electrodes are prepared by electrodeposition of PANI onto CNTA electrodes by 100-500 cyclic voltammetry (CV) cycles, with the aim to investigate the influence of microstructure on the capacitive performance of the PANI and CNTA composites.
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Purification of single-wall carbon nanotubes by electrochemical oxidation

TL;DR: In this article, the electrochemical cyclic voltammetric (CV) oxidation behavior of an arc-derived single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) sample in potassium hydroxide solution was investigated.
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Nanotube molecular wires as chemical sensors

TL;DR: The nanotubes sensors exhibit a fast response and a substantially higher sensitivity than that of existing solid-state sensors at room temperature and the mechanisms of molecular sensing with nanotube molecular wires are investigated.
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Room-temperature transistor based on a single carbon nanotube

TL;DR: In this paper, the fabrication of a three-terminal switching device at the level of a single molecule represents an important step towards molecular electronics and has attracted much interest, particularly because it could lead to new miniaturization strategies in the electronics and computer industry.
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Crystalline Ropes of Metallic Carbon Nanotubes

TL;DR: X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy showed that fullerene single-wall nanotubes (SWNTs) are nearly uniform in diameter and that they self-organize into “ropes,” which consist of 100 to 500 SWNTs in a two-dimensional triangular lattice with a lattice constant of 17 angstroms.
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Nanobeam mechanics: Elasticity, strength, and toughness of nanorods and nanotubes

TL;DR: In this paper, the Young's modulus, strength, and toughness of nanostructures are evaluated using an atomic force microscopy (AFM) approach. And the results showed that the strength of the SiC NRs were substantially greater than those found previously for larger SiC structures, and they approach theoretical values.
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Thermal transport measurements of individual multiwalled nanotubes.

TL;DR: The thermal conductivity and thermoelectric power of a single carbon nanotube were measured using a microfabricated suspended device and shows linear temperature dependence with a value of 80 microV/K at room temperature.
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