Carbon nanomaterials for advanced energy conversion and storage

L Dai, DW Chang, JB Baek, W Lu - small, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
It is estimated that the world will need to double its energy supply by 2050. Nanotechnology
has opened up new frontiers in materials science and engineering to meet this challenge by …

Controlled growth and modification of vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes for multifunctional applications

H Chen, A Roy, JB Baek, L Zhu, J Qu, L Dai - Materials Science and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes possess many advantages for a wide range of
multifunctional applications. Along with the controlled growth of aligned/micropatterned …

Micro and nanostructured materials for the development of optical fibre sensors

C Elosua, FJ Arregui, ID Villar, C Ruiz-Zamarreño… - Sensors, 2017 - mdpi.com
The measurement of chemical and biomedical parameters can take advantage of the
features exclusively offered by optical fibre: passive nature, electromagnetic immunity and …

Carbon nanotube electroactive polymer materials: Opportunities and challenges

L Qu, Q Peng, L Dai, GM Spinks, GG Wallace… - MRS bulletin, 2008 - cambridge.org
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with macroscopically ordered structures (eg, aligned or patterned
mats, fibers, and sheets) and associated large surface areas have proven promising as new …

Multilevel, multicomponent microarchitectures of vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes for diverse applications

L Qu, RA Vaia, L Dai - ACS nano, 2011 - ACS Publications
A simple multiple contact transfer technique has been developed for controllable fabrication
of multilevel, multicomponent microarchitectures of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VA …

Direct growth of three-dimensional multicomponent micropatterns of vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes interposed with their multi-walled counterparts …

L Qu, L Dai - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2007 - pubs.rsc.org
Vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes (VA-SWNTs) have been synthesized by
an Al-activated plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) method. On this …

Research into the dynamic development trend of the competitiveness of China's regional construction industry

B Liu, X Wang, C Chen, Z Ma - KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 2014 - Springer
Abstract The Communist Party of China proposed the concept of “speeding up the industrial
transformation and changing economic development mode” in its 17 th Congress. Against …

Controlled removal of individual carbon nanotubes from vertically aligned arrays for advanced nanoelectrodes

L Qu, Y Zhao, Y Hu, H Zhang, Y Li, W Guo… - Journal of Materials …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
A simple but effective method has been developed to controllably extract carbon nanotubes
(CNTs) from their vertically aligned arrays on growth substrates. The intrinsic micron-scale …

Selective Functionalization and Modification of Carbon Nanomaterials by Plasma Techniques

Y Xue, L Dai - Plasma Processing of Nanomaterials, 2017 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Radio-frequency.(RF). glow. discharges. are. formed. when. an. electric. field. at.
frequencies. of. kHz. to. GHz. is. applied. to. a. gas. at. low. pressure.(< 10. Torr). 1–3. In. a …

[PDF][PDF] ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES FOR MULTIFUNCTIONAL NANOCOMPOSITES AND NANODEVICES: Multicomponent Micropatterned

L Qu, L Dai - iccm-central.org
ABSTRACT A simple, but effective and versatile, double contact transfer method was
developed for controlled fabrication of three-dimensional (3D) multicomponent …