Carbon nanotubes are a good realization of one-dimensional crystals where basic science and potential nanodevice applications merge. Defects are known to modify the electrical resistance of carbon nanotubes; they can be present in as-grown carbon nanotubes, but controlling their density externally opens a path towards the tuning of the electronic characteristics of the nanotube. In this work, c...

A two-terminal semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotube (SC-SWNT) film in contact with an ionic liquid allows the realization of an extremely high density of holes, inducing a strong position-dependent electromodulation of the interband and excitonic transitions as a result of the position-dependent shift of the SWNT Fermi level. Electrical control of the optical transmission suggests appli...

Polycrystalline ceramic/single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) composites possess unique grain boundaries, containing 1D tortuous SWNTs bundles that form 2D tangled embedded nets. This unprecedented grain-boundary structure allows tailoring of multifunctional ceramic/SWNTs composites with unique combinations of desirable mechanical (toughness, strength, creep) and transport (electrical, thermal) ...

The influence of tip sonication duration on the spectral characteristics of carbon single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) in aqueous suspension with single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) has been studied by NIR luminescence, NIR absorption, and Raman spectroscopy. It was revealed that prolongation of sonication leads to weakening of the SWNT polymer coverage and appearance of additional defects on the nanotube ...

Terahertz (THz) conductivity of single walled carbon nanotube (SWNT)/poly-vinyl alcohol (PVA) composites has been studied in the frequency window of 0.3-2.0 THz. It is found that conductivity of these samples can be efficiently tuned by changing the length of the SWNTs and also the SWNT weight fraction. For the highest weight fraction at a frequency of 1 THz, longer SWNT sample (average length ...

Carbon nanotubes and graphene are extra-ordinal material with remarkable electrical, optical, mechanical and thermal properties. Films of vertically aligned (VA-) SWNTs and horizontally aligned (HA-) SWNTs are synthesized on quartz and crystal quartz substrates, respectively. These aligned film should inherit the remarkable properties of SWNTs. The recent progress in growth control and characte...

Motivated by recent experiments, we investigate how NO3-SWNT interactions become energetically favorable with varying oxidation state of a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) using first-principles calculations. Chemisorption becomes less endothermic with respect to physisorption when the SWNT oxidation state is elevated. Importantly, the dissociative incorporation of an oxygen atom into the S...

Here we show that the conventional concept of using SiO2 patterned Si substrates to selectively grow 3D carbon nanotube structures can also be applied to a dip-coating method. High-quality vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) patterns can be easily obtained by this protocol. Apart from the sintering of catalyst into Si at high temperature, the difference in surface wettabilit...

We have employed water-soluble porphyrin molecules [meso-(tetrakis-4-sulfonatophenyl) porphine dihydrochloride] to solubilize single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), resulting in aqueous solutions that are stable for several weeks. The porphyrin-nanotube complexes have been characterized with absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy and with AFM. We find that the porphyrin/SWNT interaction is s...

An alternative approach toward understanding and advancing hydrogel-based single walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) purification is described employed. Experimental atomistic modeling analysis of the leading hydrogel for SWNT purification, Sephacryl S200, affords creation gels that mimic its behavior in terms dependent interaction properties. This achievement introduces a generalized optimization me...