Interaction between hydrogen molecules and bare as well as functionalized single-wall carbon nanotubes SWNT is investigated using first-principles plane wave method. It is found that the binding energy of the H2 physisorbed on the outer surface of the bare SWNT is very weak, and cannot be enhanced significantly either by increasing the curvature of the surface through radial deformation, or by ...

The reconstitution of apo-glucose oxidase (apo-GOx) on single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) functionalized with the cofactor, flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD), greatly improved electron transfer turnover rate of the redox reactions in glucose sensing with glucose sensors. The research reported here is aimed to better understand molecular details of affection of the charging SWNT to the confo...

Abstract The synthesis of ultrathin rhenium disulfide (ReS 2 ) nanoribbons within single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) has been established. Dirhenium decacarbonyl complex is encapsulated into the SWNTs to provide a source confined atoms, which readily react with iodine form discrete nm-sized clusters iodide [Re 6 I 14 ] 2− embedded in nanotubes. final step accomplished by admitting hydrogen ...

non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of polypropylene (pp) and pp containing 0.5 wt% singlewalled carbon nanotubes (pp/swnt) were studied at various cooling rates using differential scanning calorimetry technique. the non-isothermal melt crystallization data were analyzed according to ozawa and cazé-chuah models. although ozawa model was successful in describing the nonisothermal crystalliza...

Clusters of transition metals, W, Re, and Os, upon encapsulation within a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) exhibit marked differences in their affinity and reactivity with the SWNT, as revealed by low-voltage aberration-corrected high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (AC-HRTEM). Activated by an 80 keV electron beam, W reacts only weakly with the SWNT, Re creates localized defects...

We perform molecular dynamics simulations of narrow single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in aqueous urea to investigate the structure and dynamical behavior of urea molecules inside the SWNT. Even at low urea concentrations (e.g., 0.5 M), we have observed spontaneous and continuous filling of SWNT with a one-dimensional urea wire (leaving very few water molecules inside the SWNT). The urea wi...

Highly efficient exfoliation of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) was successfully demonstrated by utilizing biocompatible phenoxylated dextran, a kind of polysaccharide, as a SWNT dispersion agent. Phenoxylated dextran shows greater ability in producing individual SWNTs from raw materials than any other dispersing agent, including anionic surfactants and another polysaccharide....

Carbon single-wall nanotubes (SWNTs) grow efficiently from methane on alumina-supported metal catalysts within a fairly narrow temperature window from 680 to 850 °C. An abrupt onset in SWNT growth occurs at the low temperature side of the window, and SWNTs produced at these lower temperatures appear to be relatively free of amorphous or nanocrystalline carbon impurities. Raman spectroscopy show...

Leveraging the unique properties of single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) intramolecular junctions (IMJs) in innovative nanodevices and next-generation nanoelectronics requires controllable, repeatable, and large-scale preparation, together with rapid identification and comprehensive characterization of such structures. Here we demonstrate SWNT IMJs through directly growing ultralong SWNTs on tr...

This paper studies the pure bending and bending-induced local buckling of a nanocomposite beam reinforced by a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT). The Airy stress-function method was employed to analyse the deformation of the matrix, and the cross-sectional change of the SWNT in bending was taken into account. A particular consideration was given to the effect of the SWNT s radial flexibility...