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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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Carbon nanotube induced polymer crystallization: The formation of nanohybrid shish–kebabs
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Highly Sensitive Glucose Biosensors Based on Organic Electrochemical Transistors Using Platinum Gate Electrodes Modified with Enzyme and Nanomaterials
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Observation of Water Confined in Nanometer Channels of Closed Carbon Nanotubes
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TL;DR: In this paper, a method to fill 2−5nm-diameter channels of closed multiwalled carbon nanotubes with an aqueous fluid and perform in situ high-resolution observations of fluid dynamic behavior in this confined system was presented.
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A brief review of stimulus-active polymers responsive to thermal, light, magnetic, electric, and water/solvent stimuli
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A novel method for the fabrication of high-aspect ratio C-MEMS structures
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