The unique ability of carbon atoms to participate in robust covalent bonds with other carbon
atoms in diverse hybridization states (sp, sp 2, sp 3) or with nonmetallic elements enables …

Remarkable advances have been achieved in modern material technology, especially in
device fabrication, and these have facilitated the use of diverse materials in various …

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 …

Dimensionality plays a critical role in determining the properties of materials due to, for
example, the different ways that electrons interact in three-dimensional, twodimensional …

Through chemical functionalization of single‐walled carbon nanotubes, the prerequisites for
possible applications of such nanostructures are established. The derivatized tubes differ …

Carbon nanotubes are graphene sheets rolled-up into cylinders with diameters as small as
one nanometer. Extensive work carried out worldwide in recent years has revealed the …

Biological pores regulate the cellular traffic of a large variety of solutes, often with high
selectivity and fast flow rates. These pores share several common structural features: the …

Carbon nanotubes, with their extraordinary mechanical and unique electronic properties,
have garnered much attention in the past five years. With a broad range of potential …

Since their discovery more than a decade ago, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have held
scientists and engineers in captive fascination, seated on the verge of enormous …

Carbon nanotubes combine a range of properties that make them well suited for use as
probe tips in applications such as atomic force microscopy (AFM),,. Their high aspect ratio …