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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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The thermal and mechanical properties of a polyurethane/multi-walled carbon nanotube composite
TL;DR: In this paper, a polyurethane/multi-walled carbon nanotube elastomer composite was synthesized and the properties of the composite were characterized by dynamic mechanical thermal analysis, thermogravimetric analysis and tensile testing.
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Compact-designed supercapacitors using free-standing single-walled carbon nanotube films
Zhiqiang Niu,Weiya Zhou,Jun Chen,Guoxing Feng,Hong Li,Wenjun Ma,Jinzhu Li,Haibo Dong,Yan Ren,Duan Zhao,Sishen Xie +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reported the realization of assembling compact-designed supercapacitors using large-scaled free-standing and flexible single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) films as both anode and cathode.
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Graphene Oxide-Assisted Dispersion of Pristine Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes in Aqueous Media
TL;DR: Graphene oxide (GO) sheets, considered as “soft” two-dimensional macromolecules containing multiple aromatic regions and hydrophilic oxygen groups, can adsorb the pristine multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) through the π-stacking interaction, thus causing pristine MWNTs to stably disperse and fractionate in aqueous media as mentioned in this paper.
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Assembly of nanodevices with carbon nanotubes through nanorobotic manipulations
TL;DR: The main technologies for the assembly of nanodevices through nanomanipulations with scanning probe microscopes and nanorobotic manipulators are overviewed, focusing on that of nanotubes.
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Microwave Absorption of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes/Soluble Cross-Linked Polyurethane Composites
Zunfeng Liu,Gang Bai,Yi Huang,Feifei Li,Yanfeng Ma,Tianying Guo,Xiaobo He,Xiao Lin,Hong-Jun Gao,Yongsheng Chen +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, composites of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with soluble cross-linked polyurethane (SCPU) were prepared at various loadings of SWNTs (0−25 wt %), and they exhibited strong microwave absorption in the microwave range of 2−18 GHz.
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