Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) belong to the family of synthetic carbon allotropes and are characterized by a network of sp2 hybridized carbon atoms. The one dimensional (1D) carbon nanotubes can thus be queued between their zero dimensional relatives fullerenes and the two dimensional (2D) relative graphene. The structure of nanotubes has first been described as helical microtubules of graphitic carb...

Carbon nanotubes are a new allotrope of carbon which emerged from the fullerene family [1]. Carbon nanotubes have been discovered by high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) in 1991 by Iijima [2]. A single wall carbon nanotube is constituted of one atomic plane with a graphite-like arrangement of C atoms – called a graphene sheet – which is perfectly rolled into a cylinder (Fig....

Asymmetric end-functionalization of carbon nanotubes was achieved by sequentially floating a substrate-free aligned carbon nanotube film on two different photoreactive solutions with only one side of the nanotube film being contacted with the photoreactive solution and exposed to UV light each time. The resultant nanotubes with different chemical reagents attached onto their opposite tube-ends ...

We have investigated iodine intercalated carbon nanostructures by extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) and Raman spectroscopies. We discuss here the charge transfer and the iodine–carbon interaction as a function of the carbon nanostructures (graphite, multiwalled, double-walled and single walled nanotubes). The results show that iodine is weakly adsorbed on the surface of all multi...

The rapid progress of interest in carbon nanotubes research have been improved with a development of sensitive tools for their observation and characterization. In this work Raman spectroscopy and atomic/electric force microscopy (AFM/EFM) have been successfully applied for studying electrical and structural properties of multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWNT). The combination of these methods (Rama...

In this paper we report on the magnetic properties of singleand multiwalled carbon nanotubes synthesized using different chemical vapour deposition methods and with variety of catalyst materials (ferromagnetic Fe, FeCo and diamagnetic Re). Different methods yield carbon nanotubes with different morphologies and different quantity of residual catalyst material. Catalyst particles are usually enc...

Microstructures of well-aligned multiwall carbon nanotubes grown on patterned nickel nanodots and uniform thin films by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition have been studied by electron microscopy. It was found that growth of carbon nanotubes on patterned nickel nanodots and uniform thin films is different. During growth of carbon nanotubes, a nickel particle sits at the tip of each nanot...

Carbon nanotubes have attracted the fancy of many scientists worldwide. The small dimensions, strength and the remarkable physical properties of these structures make them a very unique material with a whole range of promising applications. In this review we describe some of the important materials science applications of carbon nanotubes. Specifically we discuss the electronic and electrochemi...

Carbon nanotubes were subjected to doping with an energetic Ag ion beam, and the carbon nanotubes on the top of the array were transformed into amorphous carbon nanowires with embedded Ag-nanoparticles. The field emission characteristics of these nanowires were investigated. The minimum turn-on and threshold fields were 0.68 and 1.09 V/mum, respectively, which were lower than those of the as-gr...

We report the growth of ultralong (>10 cm) multi-walled and single-walled carbon nanotubes such that the length is limited by the size of the furnace rather than by the termination of growth. The disturbance of microscale laminar flows results in disordered or shorter growth of carbon nanotubes. By downsizing reaction pipes, reaction gas flows are stabilized with low Reynolds numbers. In this w...