Composite thin films based on carbon nanotubes have received immense attention which is attributed to their distinct mechanical, thermal, optical and structure properties. Depending on the film compositions and preparation methods, carbon nanotube based thin films can be tuned for various applications in many fields. In this comprehensive review paper, we overview the recent methods for the fab...

The combination of their electronic properties and dimensions makes carbon nanotubes ideal building blocks for molecular electronics. However, the advancement of carbon nanotube-based electronics requires assembly strategies that allow their precise localization and interconnection. Using a scheme based on recognition between molecular building blocks, we report the realization of a self-assemb...

Over the recent years, numerical modelling and computer based simulation of the properties of carbon nanotubes have become the focal points of research in computational nano-science. In this paper, we present the computational studies about the mechanical and transport properties of armchair (4, 4) and zigzag (4, 0) single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT). Unlike other materials, carbon nanotube...

Carbon nanotubes have the potential to spur future development in electronics due to their unequalled electrical properties. In this article, we present a review on carbon nanotube-based circuits in terms of their electrical performance in two major directions: nanoelectronics and macroelectronics. In the nanoelectronics direction, we direct our discussion to the performance of aligned carbon n...

Electrochemical activation of carbon nanotube/polysulfone composite electrodes for enhanced heterogeneous electron transfer is studied. The physicochemical insight into the electrochemical activation of carbon nanotube/polymer composites was provided by transmission electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, and cyclic voltammetry. Dopamine, ascorbic acid, ...

The design of a cortical neuron with carbon nanotube circuit elements that performs nonlinear dendritic computations is presented. The circuit design incorporates CNFETs, and was simulated using carbon nanotube spice models.

effective elastic properties for carbon nanotube reinforced composites are obtained through a variety of micromechanics techniques. an embedded carbon nanotube  in  a  polymer  matrix  and  its surrounding  interphase  is  replaced with an equivalent fiber for  predicting  the  mechanical  properties of  the  carbon  nanotube/polymer composite. the effects of an interphase layer between the nan...

by employing the theoretical method based on tight-binding, we study electronic band structure of single-wall carbon nanotube (cnt) superlattices, which the system is the made of the junction between the zigzag and armchair carbon nanotubes. exactly at the place of connection, it is appeared the pentagon–heptagon pairs as topological defect in carbon hexagonal network. the calculations are base...

The present study concerns experimental and fin ite element analysis of carbon epoxy and carbon epoxy carbon nanotube composites to estimate interlaminar shear strength. Mechanical properties such as elastic ratios, thickness are varied for double notched specimen and the corresponding deflections and interlaminar shear strengths are estimated by ANSYS. From simple ru le of mixtures, equivalent...

Friction properties of carbon nanotubes have been widely studied and reported, however, the friction properties of carbon nanotubes related on state of itself. It is showing superlubricity under nanoscale, but indicates high shear adhesion as aligned carbon nanotube film. However, friction properties under high load (which is commonly in industry) of carbon nanotube films are seldom reported. I...