although carbon nanotubes (cnt) have been employed as reinforcements in nanocomposites, presence of nano scale defects such as stone-wales and vacancy defects in carbon nanotubes (cnt) weakens the mechanical properties of these materials. in this paper the effects of defects in cnts on nanocomposite elastic behavior are investigated using molecular dynamics. stiffness matrices of cnt and nanoco...

It has been found that multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CS-CNT) can be produced in mass level, simply by pyrolysing mustard oil which was then derivatized with carboxylic acid (CS-CNT (acid)) and ammonia (CS-CNT (base)). A low cost electrode was fabricated on Teflon substrate with three silver wires which was coated with different types of carbon nanotube. A comparative study of electrochemical be...

Multi-walled carbon nanotube was oxidized with various oxidizing agents (nitric acid, hydrogen peroxide and ammonium persulphate) to produce multi-walled carbon nanotubes of various surface properties. The oxidized sorbents were used for the preconcentration of some metals (Mn, Pb, Cu, Cd, Zn) from environmental waters prior to their determination by flame atomic absorption spectroscopy. The be...

nanostructures have considerably higher surface areas than their bulk counterparts; thereforesurfaces often play important, sometimes even dominant, roles in the nanostructure properties. thenanocrystalline and nanotubes have low band gaps and high carrier mobility, thus offeringappealing potential as absorption gas. interaction between methanol molecules and carbonnanotube is investigated usin...

Carbon nanotubes focus the attention of many scientists because of their huge potential of industrial applications, but there is a paucity of information on the toxicological properties of this material. The aim of this experimental study was to characterize the biological reactivity of purified multi-wall carbon nanotubes in the rat lung and in vitro. Multi-wall carbon nanotubes (CNT) or groun...

Focused ion beam (FIB) techniques have found many applications in nanoscience and nanotechnology applications in recent years. However, not much work has been done using FIB to fabricate carbon nanotube devices. This is mainly due to the fact that carbon nanotubes are very fragile and energetic ion beam from FIB can easily damage the carbon nanotubes. Here we report the fabrication of carbon na...

this work is focused on synthesis of sio2- cnt hybrides via sol-gel method. homogeneous distribution of carbon nanotubes within silicon matrix was obtained by mixing the functionalized carbon nanotube (cntcooh) with active silicic acid followed by titration to the solution of sodium silicate (na2sio3) under the average temperature condition of 80?c. different ratios of multi-walled carbon nanot...

this review paper provides researcherwith a comprehensive information about the carbon nano tubes and the catalyst parameters that influences theproduction and morphology of the of carbon nano tubes.carbon nanotubes, referred to as cnts, are one of the most important materials used in electrical, mechanical, thermal, chemical and textile industries. since discovery of cnts in 1991, many scienti...

A composite of oxazine and cyclodextrin-modified carbon nanotubes (CNT-CDs) was prepared to enhance the photoluminescence of carbon nanotubes. The results show that there is a sensitizing effect of oxazine on the photoluminescence of CNT-CDs, which is probably due to energy transfer between organic molecule and CNT-CDs. However, no sensitizing effect on the photoluminescence of CNT with carboxy...

The aim of this study was to prepare three types of multiwall carbon nanotubes (CNT)-based composite electrodes and to modify their surface by copper electrodeposition for nonenzymatic oxidation and determination of glucose from aqueous solution. Copper-decorated multiwall carbon nanotubes composite electrode (Cu/CNT-epoxy) exhibited the highest sensitivity to glucose determination.