The scaling of silicon-based MOSFET technology beyond the 22 nm node is challenging. Further progress requires new channel materials such as Ge, III-V semiconductors, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene. Perfect top-gate dielectric stacks are needed in order to sustain their potential device performance for carbon nanoelectronics. Due to the inert nature of carbon surfaces of CNTs and graphene...

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were first discovered by Iijima in 1991 [1]. CNTs have sparked great interest in many scientific fields such as physics, chemistry, and electrical engineering [2, 3]. CNTs are composed of graphene sheets rolled into closed concentric cylinders with diameter of the order of nanometers and length of micrometers. CNTs are in two kinds, based on number of walls, the single-w...

Scientific community have recently focused especial attention on carbon nanomaterials, specially on carbon nanotubes (CNTs), because of their fascinating physical properties and potential applications [1]. Some of these applications, such as gas and energy storage, require high yields of well-defined qualities, what makes Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) one of the most appropriate methods for t...

The dynamic instability of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT), double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNT) and triple-walled carbon nanotubes (TWCNT) embedded in an elastic medium under combined static and periodic axial loads are investigated using Floquet–Lyapunov theory. An elastic multiple-beam model is utilized where the nested slender nanotubes are coupled with each other through the van d...

Titanium (Ti) is often used as an orthopedic and dental implant material due to its better mechanical properties, corrosion resistance, and excellent biocompatibility. Formation of TiO2 nanotubes (TiO2 NTs) on titanium is an interesting surface modification to achieve controlled drug delivery and to promote cell growth. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) possess excellent chemical durability and mechanica...

Gaining knowledge on the effect of the different parameters that take part in the production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is crucial in order to optimize the synthesis method of such materials. The fact that different potential applications need carbon nanotubes with specific properties and that those properties are very sensitive to synthesis conditions make the control of the production process...

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs)/MnOx-Carbon hybrid nanofibers have been successfully synthesized by the combination of a liquid chemical redox reaction (LCRR) and a subsequent carbonization heat treatment. The nanostructures exhibit a unique one-dimensional core/shell architecture, with one-dimensional CNTs encapsulated inside and a MnOx-carbon composite nanoparticle layer on the outside. The particula...

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are emerging versatile tools in nanomedicine applications, particularly in the field of cancer targeting. Due to diverse surface chemistry and unique thermal properties, CNTs can act as strong optical absorbers in near infrared light where biological systems prove to be highly transparent. The process of laser-mediated ablation of cancer cells marked with biofunctionaliz...

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs)-supported Pt nanoparticles were prepared with selective deposition of Pt nanoparticles inside and outside CNTs (Pt–in/CNTs and Pt–out/CNTs). The effects of Pt loading and reaction solvents on phenol hydrogenation were investigated. The Pt nanoparticles in Pt–in/CNTs versus Pt–out/CNTs are smaller and better dispersed. The catalytic activity and reuse stability toward phe...