Introduction As a new class of an ultra-high capacity anode material for Li-ion batteries, nano-Si/carbon composites have a considerable potential [1, 2]. In such composites, nano-Si can store lithium faster than bulk Si, and the carbon matrix serves nano-Si with an electrical path to compensate the poor electrical conductivity of Si. Though Si has an extremely high theoretical capacitance up t...

Carbon vacuum arc was used to deposit 5–25 nm thick carbon coatings on single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) networks. The SWCNT bundles thus embedded in conformal coatings maintained their optical transparency and electrical conductivity. Sheet resistances of the networks were measured during the vacuum arc deposition, revealing initially a 100-fold increase, followed by significant recovery a...

Carbon nanomaterials are a new form of carbon based materials which have been receiving much attention for their interesting properties over the past three decades. The materials were initially discovered in 1952 [1] but were only scientifically recognized in 1991 when Iijima submitted a report [2]. An interesting feature of these allotropes of carbon has been the different forms in which they ...

in this paper, carbon nanotubes (cnts) were added into chitosan (cs) hydrogels in the form of chitosan modified cnts (cs-cnts) composites to prepare carbon nanotubes hydrogels (cnts-gel). the products, named cs-mwcnts, were characterized by scanning electron microscope (sem) and fourier transform infrared (ftir) spectroscopy. swelling properties and effect of ph on controlled release performanc...

objective(s): this paper describes a selective and sensitive biosensor based on the dissolution and aggregation of aptamer wrapped single-walled carbon nanotubes. we report on the direct detection of aptamer–cocaine interactions, namely between a dna aptamer and cocaine molecules based on near-infrared absorption at λ807. materials and methods: first a dna aptamer recognizing cocaine was non-co...

the electrochemical oxidation of sulfamethazine (smz) has been studied at a multi-walled carbon nanotubes modified glassy carbon electrode (mwcnt-gce) by cyclic voltammetry. this modified electrode (mwcnt-gce) exhibited excellent electrocatalytic behavior toward the oxidation of smz as evidenced by the enhancement of the oxidation peak current and the shift in the anodic potential to less posit...

The backscattering contribution to the conductivity, irrelevant for metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes, is proved to become much significant for doped semiconducting systems, in agreement with experiments. In the case of multi-walled nanotubes, the intershell coupling is further shown to enhance the contribution of backscattering for ”metallic” double-walled, whereas it remains insignifica...

In this study, the effect of small-scale of both nanostructure and nano-fluid flowing through it on the natural frequency and longitudinal wave propagation are investigated. Here, the stationary and axially moving single-walled carbon nanotube conveying fluid are studied. The boundary conditions for the stationary nanotube is considering clamped-clamped and pined-pined and for the axially movin...

Numerous problems occur during engine operation, such as start-up, lack of lubrication, and overheating, resulting in components’ wear, power loss, fuel consumption. Nanomaterials dispersed oil can play an important role improving the tribological properties lubricants. This study investigated influence multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) aluminum oxide nanoparticles (Al2O3 NPs) nano-additiv...

In this study, the mechanical properties of geopolymer mortar composites containing different nanomaterials were investigated. Metakaolin (MK) and fly ash (FA) used as binders in samples. Sodium silicate (Na2SiO3) sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution (12 M) alkali activators. Multi-walled carbon nanotube (MW-CNT), nano-SiO2 (NS), nano-ZnO (NZ) study. Geopolymer samples without determined control sa...