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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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Applications of carbon materials in photovoltaic solar cells
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Tuning the conductance of single-walled carbon nanotubes by ion irradiation in the Anderson localization regime
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TL;DR: In this work, consecutive Ar+ irradiation doses are applied to single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) producing a uniform density of defects producing an exponential dependence of R(L) indicating that the system is within the strong Anderson localization regime.
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Sustained Growth of Ultralong Carbon Nanotube Arrays for Fiber Spinning
Qingwen Li,Xiefei Zhang,Raymond F. DePaula,Lianxi Zheng,Yonghao Zhao,Liliana Stan,Terry G. Holesinger,Paul N. Arendt,Dean E. Peterson,Yuntian Zhu +9 more
TL;DR: Recently, CNT yarns have been directly spun from CNT arrays, and this new approach has the advantage of good CNT alignment and high CNT volume fraction, and therefore is very promising for producing higher strength CNTyarns and fibers.
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Quantitative Evaluation of Surfactant-stabilized Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes: Dispersion Quality and Its Correlation with Zeta Potential
TL;DR: In this article, stable dispersions of single-walled carbon nanotubes in deionized water were prepared using six common surfactants: sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (SDBS), SDS, SDSS, LDS, TTAB, SC, and Fairy liquid (FL).
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Applications of conducting polymer composites to electrochemical sensors: A review
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