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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.Abstract:
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.read more
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Structure of semidilute single-wall carbon nanotube suspensions and gels.
TL;DR: The microscopic network structure of surfactant-stabilized single-wall carbon nanotubes in water was investigated as a function of SWNT concentration in the semidilute (overlapping) regime using small-angle neutron scattering (SANS).
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Mechanical behavior of self-assembled carbon nanotube reinforced nylon 6,6 fibers
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Direct growth of single-crystal Pt nanowires on Sn@CNT Nanocable: 3D electrodes for highly active electrocatalysts.
Shuhui Sun,Gaixia Zhang,Dongsheng Geng,Yougui Chen,Mohammad Norouzi Banis,Ruying Li,Mei Cai,Xueliang Sun +7 more
TL;DR: Electrochemical measurements demonstrate that the PtNW--Sn@CNT 3D electrode exhibits enhanced electrocatalytic performance in oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, methanol oxidation for direct meethanol fuel cells (DMFCs), and CO tolerance compared with commercial ETEK Pt/C catalyst made of Pt nanoparticles.
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Kinetics and thermodynamics study for electrosorption of NaCl onto carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers electrodes
TL;DR: In this paper, the electrosorption performance of CNTs-CNFs composite films at different solution temperatures was studied, and it was found that the salt removal decreases from 45.4% to 33% due to hydrophobic-hydrophilic transition taking place on the surface of the composite films, when solution temperature ranges from 281 to 295 K.
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Glucose biosensor based on multi-wall carbon nanotubes and screen printed carbon electrodes.
TL;DR: This paper describes a disposable electrochemical biosensor for glucose monitoring based on multi-wall carbon nanotubes immobilized with glucose oxidase and upon screen printed carbon electrode, a first step in construction of a MWCNT-enzyme electrode biosensor with potentialities for a successful application in the biosensor area.
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