Carbon nanotube–polymer composites: chemistry, processing, mechanical and electrical properties

Z Spitalsky, D Tasis, K Papagelis, C Galiotis - Progress in polymer science, 2010 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes have long been recognized as the stiffest and strongest man-made
material known to date. In addition, their high electrical conductivity has roused interest in …

Polymer nanocomposites based on functionalized carbon nanotubes

NG Sahoo, S Rana, JW Cho, L Li, SH Chan - Progress in polymer science, 2010 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) exhibit excellent mechanical, electrical, and magnetic properties
as well as nanometer scale diameter and high aspect ratio, which make them an ideal …

[PDF][PDF] Hydrothermal route for cutting graphene sheets into blue‐luminescent graphene quantum dots

D Pan, J Zhang, Z Li, M Wu - Advanced materials, 2010 - shimadzu.com.cn
Graphene-based materials are promising building blocks for future nanodevices owing to
their superior electronic, thermal, and mechanical properties as well as their chemical …

Adsorption of organic compounds by carbon nanomaterials in aqueous phase: Polanyi theory and its application

K Yang, B Xing - Chemical reviews, 2010 - ACS Publications
Since their first discovery, 1-3 carbon nanomaterials, including fullerenes and carbon
nanotubes (CNTs), have attracted special attention in terms of potential applications in …

Photoluminescent Carbon Dots as Biocompatible Nanoprobes for Targeting Cancer Cells in Vitro

Q Li, TY Ohulchanskyy, R Liu, K Koynov… - The Journal of …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Carbon nanoparticles become photoluminescent upon surface passivation with oligomeric
polymer chains. In this work, the dependence of the carbon dots photoluminescent …

Highly efficient photoluminescent graphene oxide with tunable surface properties

Q Mei, K Zhang, G Guan, B Liu, S Wang… - Chemical …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
A bright blue fluorescent graphene oxide that originates from passivation of surface reactive
sites by amide formation and ring-opening amination of epoxide has been prepared. The …

Chemistry of carbon nanotubes in biomedical applications

HC Wu, X Chang, L Liu, F Zhao, Y Zhao - Journal of Materials …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted great interdisciplinary interest due to their peculiar
structural, mechanical and electronic properties. Applications of CNTs in biomedical …

Study on the fluorescence characteristics of carbon dots

XJ Mao, HZ Zheng, YJ Long, J Du, JY Hao… - … Acta Part A: Molecular …, 2010 - Elsevier
Herein, we prepared water-soluble fluorescent carbon dots with diameter about 1.5 nm from
cheap commercial lampblack. These fluorescent carbon nanoparticles are stable toward …

Sensor platform using a horizontally oriented nanotube element

BM Segal, T Rueckes, B Vogeli, D Brock… - US Patent …, 2010 - Google Patents
Sensor platforms and methods of making them are described, and include platforms having
horizontally oriented sensor elements comprising nanotubes or other nanostructures. Such …

Property− structure relationship of nanoscale ionic materials based on multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Q Li, L Dong, J Fang, C Xiong - ACS nano, 2010 - ACS Publications
Two categories of nanoscale ionic materials (NIMs) based on multiwalled carbon nanotubes
(MWCNTs) were obtained. According to the nature of organic modifier and the type of …