Achievement of high‐purity carbon nanofibres via peeling process

Surface Oxidation of Carbon Nanofibres

Carbon nanofibres of the fishbone and parallel type were surface-oxidised by several methods. The untreated and oxidised fibres were studied with infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis and XPS. Oxidation in a mixture of concentrated nitric and sulfuric acid turned out to be the most effective method for creating oxygen-containing surface groups. This treatment results not only in the...

Filling of carbon nanotubes and nanofibres

The reliable production of carbon nanotubes and nanofibres is a relatively new development, and due to their unique structure, there has been much interest in filling their hollow interiors. In this review, we provide an overview of the most common approaches for filling these carbon nanostructures. We highlight that filled carbon nanostructures are an emerging material for biomedical applicati...

Carbon Nanotubes Reinforced Electrospun Polymer Nanofibres

With the rapid development in nanoscience and nanotechnology, there is an ever increasing demand for polymer fibres of diameters down to a nanometre scale having multiple functionalities. Electrospinning, as a simple and efficient nanofibre-making technology, has been used to produce polymer nanofibres for diverse applications. Electrospun nanofibres based on polymer/carbon nanotube (CNT) compo...

Enhanced vapor transport in membrane distillation via functionalized carbon nanotubes anchored into electrospun nanofibres

To ascertain membrane distillation (MD) as an emerging desalination technology to meet the global water challenge, development of membranes with ideal material properties is crucial. Functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were anchored to nanofibres of electrospun membranes. Covalent modification and fluorination of CNTs improved their dispersibility and interfacial interaction with the polymer...

Syntheses and Electronic Applications of Helical Carbon Nanofibres