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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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Influence of Biomacromolecules and Humic Acid on the Aggregation Kinetics of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
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Small scale effect on vibration of embedded multilayered graphene sheets based on nonlocal continuum models
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Realistic applications of CNTs
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All-solid-state flexible supercapacitors based on papers coated with carbon nanotubes and ionic-liquid-based gel electrolytes
TL;DR: Interestingly, the solid-statesupercapacitor with the gel electrolyte showed comparable performance to the supercapacitors with ionic-liquid electrolyte, and showed excellent stability and flexibility.
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Thin and flexible multi-walled carbon nanotube/waterborne polyurethane composites with high-performance electromagnetic interference shielding
Zhihui Zeng,Mingji Chen,Hao Jin,Weiwei Li,Xiao Xue,Licheng Zhou,Yongmao Pei,Hui Zhang,Zhong Zhang +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a type of lightweight and flexible multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT)/waterborne polyurethane (WPU) composites is fabricated, which show superior shielding effectiveness (SE) of electromagnetic interference in the X-band even under the thin thickness of samples.
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