Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been widely studied and used for the construction of
electrochemical biosensors owing to their small size, cylindrical shape, large surface-to …

The unidirectional growth of materials to form nanowires or nanotubes has attracted
enormous interest in recent years. Within the different classes of tubes made of organic or …

In this study, we demonstrated the potential of graphene nanomaterials as environmental
pollutant adsorbents by utilizing the characteristics of ultralarge surface area and strong π–π …

The quest for materials with molecular scale properties that can satisfy the demands of the
21st century has led to the development of one dimensional nanostructures, ODNS. Nearly …

Through functionalization of carbon nanotubes, ie, the attachment of appropriate chemical
functionalities onto their conjugated sp 2 carbon scaffold, the prerequisites for faciliating the …

We report molecular dynamics simulations showing that a DNA molecule could be
spontaneously inserted into carbon nanotube (CNT) in a water solute environment. The van …

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been proved to be a novel type of nanostructure with
unique structural, electronic and mechanical properties and have drawn extensive attention …

Recent experimental work on the chemical functionalization of single-wall carbon nanotubes
and its implication on the tubes' electronic and vibrational properties are surveyed. The …

▪ Abstract Carbon nanotubes functionalized with biological molecules (such as protein
peptides and nucleic acids) show great potential for application in bioengineering and …

By combining ab initio time-dependent density functional calculations for electrons with
molecular dynamics simulations for ions in real time, we investigate the microscopic …