We prepared binder-free monoliths of carbon nanohorns（CNHs）, hole-opened nanohorns （CNHoxs）, multi-walled nanotube（MWCNT）, and single-walled nanotube（SWCNT）using spark plasma sintering（SPS）method at 1800℃ 80 MPa in vacuum. The density the SPS-treated SWCNT is 1.8 g/cm3, which close to that graphite, while those CNHs, CNHoxs, MWCNT remained 1.1-1.3 g/cm3 even after SPS treatment. evaluated using...

Graphene is a one-atom thick planar monolayer of sp-bonded carbon atoms organized in a hexagonal crystal lattice. A single walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) can be thought of as a graphene sheet rolled up into a seamless hollow cylinder with extremely high length to diameter ratio. Their large surface area, and exceptional optical, mechanical and electronic properties make these low-dimensional ca...

Modulation of electronic structures and surface properties of transparent carbon nanotube films is a challenging issue for their application in optoelectronic devices. Here, we report, for the first time, that graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets play the role of a p-doping agent and surface energy modifier of single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT)-based transparent conducting electrodes (TCEs). The d...

Single-walled carbon nanotubes have gained enormous popularity due to a variety of potential applications which will ultimately lead to increased human and environmental exposure to these nanoparticles. This study was carried out in order to evaluate the inflammatory response of immortalised and primary human lung epithelial cells (A549 and NHBE) to single-walled carbon nanotube samples (SWCNT)...

In this paper, we compare the behavior of liquid methanol confined by an open-ended single-walled nanotube (SWCNT) under four different simulation conditions by using the molecular dynamics (MD) simulations technique. The first model is a rigid and fixed SWCNT with all its carbon atoms fixed at their initial positions; the second is a flexible and fixed SWCNT with its centre-of-mass fixed at th...

Carbon nanotubes display either metallic or semiconducting properties. Both large, multiwalled nanotubes (MWNTs), with many concentric carbon shells, and bundles or "ropes" of aligned single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs), are complex composite conductors that incorporate many weakly coupled nanotubes that each have a different electronic structure. Here we demonstrate a simple and reliable method fo...

One aspect of carbon nanotube (CNT) synthesis that remains an obstacle to realize industrial mass production is the growth efficiency. Many approaches have been reported to improve the efficiency, either by lengthening the catalyst lifetime or by increasing the growth rate. We investigated the applicability of dwell time and carbon flux control to optimize yield, growth rate, and catalyst lifet...

The electrical conductivity and mechanical strength of carbon nanotube (CNT) buckypaper comprised of millimeter-scale long single-walled CNT (SWCNT) was markedly improved by the use of longer SWCNTs. A series of buckypapers, fabricated from SWCNT forests of varying heights (350, 700, 1,500 μm), showed that both the electrical conductivity (19 to 45 S/cm) and tensile strength (27 to 52 MPa) doub...

In this work, the structural and electronic properties of folic acid molecule on functionalized (7,0)zigzag single-walled carbon nanotube was studied in gas phase on the basis of density functionaltheory (DFT). Furthermore, covalent interaction of folic acid with single-walled carbon nanotube wasinvestigated and its quantum molecular descriptors and binding energies were calculated. The DFTB3LY...