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Sensors and actuators based on carbon nanotubes and their composites: A review

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In this paper, a review of the recent advances in nanotubes and nanotube-based composite sensors and actuators, with a particular emphasis on their electromechanical behavior is presented.
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This article is published in Composites Science and Technology.The article was published on 2008-05-01. It has received 901 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Carbon nanotube actuators & Nanotube.

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Mechanics and morphology of single-walled carbon nanotubes: from graphene to the elastica

TL;DR: In this article, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are treated as the elastica obtained from bending of graphene and the corresponding large deformation accompanies both the material and geometrical nonlinearities.
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Advances in the Organometallic Chemistry of Carbon Nanomaterials

TL;DR: An overview of the major advances in the organometallic chemistry of carbon nanotubes and graphene over the past decade is given in this paper, focusing only on carbon nanocomposites with metal-carbon bonds.
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Solvothermal one-step synthesis of MWCNTs/Ni0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 magnetic composites

TL;DR: In this paper, the composites were characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM), and vibrating sample magnetometry.
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Nanostructured functional Ti–Ag electrodes for large deformation sensor applications

TL;DR: In this article, a thin film-based stretchable electrodes, suitable for different types of sensors, was developed by D.C. magnetron sputtering on carbon nanotube/poly(vinylidene fluoride) CNT/PVDF composites.
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Enhanced interfacial strength of hierarchical fiberglass composites through an aramid nanofiber interphase

TL;DR: In this paper, a polymeric interphase consisting of aramid nanofibers is introduced on poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDDA) coated fiberglass through electrostatic adsorption.
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Introduction to percolation theory

TL;DR: In this paper, a scaling solution for the Bethe lattice is proposed for cluster numbers and a scaling assumption for cluster number scaling assumptions for cluster radius and fractal dimension is proposed.
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Carbon Nanotubes--the Route Toward Applications

TL;DR: 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.
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Introduction to percolation theory

TL;DR: In this article, a scaling solution for the Bethe lattice is proposed for cluster numbers and a scaling assumption for cluster number scaling assumptions for cluster radius and fractal dimension is proposed.
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Advances in the science and technology of carbon nanotubes and their composites: a review

TL;DR: A review of recent advances in carbon nanotubes and their composites can be found in this article, where the authors examine the research work reported in the literature on the structure and processing of carbon Nanotubes.
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A Carbon Nanotube Field-Emission Electron Source

TL;DR: In this paper, a high-intensity electron gun based on field emission from a film of aligned carbon nanotubes has been made, which consists of a nanotube film with a 1-millimeter-diameter grid about 20 micrometers above it.
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