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Carbon Nanotubes

4/29/2008

7,365,003
Carbon nanotube interconnects in porous diamond interlayer dielectrics

5/16/2008

Sorption of Organic Contaminants by Carbon Nanotubes: Influence of Adsorbed Organic Matter
(3207 – 3212) Environmental  Science & Technology 42 #9 (2008)
Abstract

Young’s modulus of crystalline C60 nanotubes studied by in situ transmission electron microscopy
(972-974) Diamond and Related Materials 17 #6 (2008)

Electrical ageing of carbon nanotube composite cathode layers
(980-985) Diamond and Related Materials 17 #6 (2008)

New approach to enhance adhesions between carbon nanotube emitters and substrate by the combination of electrophoresis and successive electroplating
(1003-1007) Diamond and Related Materials 17 #6 (2008)

Integrated carbon nanotube field emission differential amplifier: Modeling and measurement of the common-mode rejection ratio
Pages 552-555) Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)   

Characterization of carbon nanotubes by nanoprobe manipulation in transmission electron microscope
( 615-619) Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)

Photon-Assisted Electron Transport for a Λ-shaped Carbon Nanotube Junction
(1836-1839) Chinese Physics Letters 25 #5 (2008)
Abstract

Wet Chemistry Self-Seeded Surface-Deposition Process toward Amorphous Carbon Nanotubes and Their Electrochemical Application
(3034 – 3041) Chemistry of  Materials 20 #9 (2008)
Abstract 

Template synthesis of water-dispersible and magnetically responsive carbon nano test tubes
(
2215 – 2217) Chemical Communications #19 (2008)

The synthesis of hybrid nanostructures of gold nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes and their transformation to solid carbon nanorods
(884-889) Carbon 46 #6 (2008)

Carbon nanotube supported platinum catalysts for the ozonation of oxalic acid in aqueous solutions
(890-897) Carbon 46 #6 (2008)

Enhanced host–guest electrochemical recognition of dopamine using cyclodextrin in the presence of carbon nanotubes
(898-906) Carbon 46 #6 (2008)

Length Fractionation of Carbon Nanotubes Using Centrifugation 
(p 1609-1613)
Advanced Materials 20 #9 (2008)
Abstract

Arrays

5/16/2008

Effect of arrangement of pillar array of aligned carbon nanotube bundles on its field-emission characteristic
(556-558) Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)   

Synthesis of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes on submicron-sized dot-catalyst array using plasma CVD method
(772-775) Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)   

Real-time gap impedance monitoring of dielectrophoretic assembly of multiwalled carbon nanotubes
(# 173103) Applied Physics Letters 92 #17 (2008)
Abstract

Optical determination of the flexural rigidity of carbon nanotube ensembles
(# 173106) Applied Physics Letters 92 #17 (2008)
Abstract

Biology

Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)

5/16/2008

Direct synthesis of porous carbon nanotubes and its performance as conducting material of supercapacitor electrode
(993-998) Diamond and Related Materials 17 #6 (2008)

Flame-synthesis of carbon nanotubes on silicon substrates and their field emission properties
(1015-1020) Diamond and Related Materials 17 #6 (2008)

Synthesize carbon nanotubes by a novel method using chemical vapor deposition-fluidized bed reactor from solid-stated polymers
(567-570) Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)   

Low temperature growth of carbon nanotubes on Si substrates in high vacuum
(589-593) Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)   

Synthesis of carbon nanotubes by microwave plasma-enhanced hot filament chemical vapor deposition
(611-614) Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)

Supercapacitive behavior of CVD carbon nanotubes grown on Ti coated Si wafer
(906-911) Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)   

Particle exposure levels during CVD growth and subsequent handling of vertically-aligned carbon nanotube films
(974-977) Carbon 46 #6 (2008)

Coated Carbon Nanotubes

5/16/2008

Controlled platinum nanoparticles uniformly dispersed on nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes for methanol oxidation
Pages 535-541) Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)   

Tandem Action of Early−Late Transition Metal Catalysts for the Surface Coating of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes with Linear Low-Density Polyethylene
(3092 – 3098) Chemistry of  Materials 20 #9 (2008)
Abstract

A facile strategy for covalent binding of nanoparticles onto carbon nanotubes
(5236-5240) Applied Surface Science 254  #16 (2008)

Dispersions; Nanofluids; Suspsensions

Double Sided Carbon Nanotubes

5/16/2008

Buckling of defective single-walled and double-walled carbon nanotubes under axial compression by molecular dynamics simulation
(1809-1814) Composites Science and Technology 68 #7-8 (2008)

Chemorheological behaviour of double-walled carbon nanotube-epoxy nanocomposites
(1862-1868) Composites Science and Technology 68 #7-8 (2008)

Electrochemistry

Electronic Structure

Emission

5/16/2008

Effect of Fe/Ni catalyst composition on nitrogen doping and field emission properties of carbon nanotubes
(864-869) Carbon 46 #6 (2008)

A simple method to control the diameter of carbon nanotubes and the effect of the diameter in field emission
(969-973) Carbon 46 #6 (2008)

Fabrication

4/29/2008

7,364,709
Manufacturing apparatus and method for carbon nanotube

5/16/2008

High yield formation of carbon nanotubes using a rotating cathode in open air
(913-919) Diamond and Related Materials 17 #6 (2008)

Low temperature growth of carbon nanotubes using Ni nanopowder mixed with Ag-paste as catalyst
(594-597) Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)   

Noncatalytic synthesis of carbon nanotubes, graphene and graphite on SiC
(841-849) Carbon 46 #6 (2008)

The growth of carbon nanotubes on montmorillonite and zeolite (clinoptilolite)
(5073-5079) Applied Surface Science 254  #16 (2008)

Filled Carbon Nanotubes

5/16/2008

A simple method for the containment and purification of filled open-ended single wall carbon nanotubes using C60 molecules
(
2164 – 2166) Chemical Communications #18 (2008)

Film           

5/16/2008

Particle exposure levels during CVD growth and subsequent handling of vertically-aligned carbon nanotube films
(974-977) Carbon 46 #6 (2008)

Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes

5/16/2008

Functionalization of multi-wall carbon nanotubes with silane and its reinforcement on polypropylene composites
(1727-1733) Composites Science and Technology 68 #7-8 (2008)

Synthesis, Characterization and Aspects of Superhydrophobic Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes
(2884 – 2886) Chemistry of  Materials 20 #9 (2008) 
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Selective substitution of fluorine atoms grafted to the surface of carbon nanotubes and application to an oxyfluorination strategy
(957-962) Carbon 46 #6 (2008)

Multiwall Nanotubes (MWCNT)    

5/16/2008

Improving macroscopic physical and mechanical properties of thick layers of aligned multiwall carbon nanotubes by annealing treatment
(542-547) Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)   

In-situ observation of structural change in MWCNTs under high-pressure H2 gas atmosphere
(548-551) Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)   

Functionalization of multi-wall carbon nanotubes with silane and its reinforcement on polypropylene composites
(1727-1733) Composites Science and Technology 68 #7-8 (2008)

Effect of fabrication process on electrical properties of polymer/multi-wall carbon nanotube nanocomposites
(893-903) Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 39 #5 (2008)

Tandem Action of Early−Late Transition Metal Catalysts for the Surface Coating of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes with Linear Low-Density Polyethylene
(3092 – 3098) Chemistry of  Materials 20 #9 (2008)
Abstract

Chemical oxidation of multiwalled carbon nanotubes
(833-840) Carbon 46 #6 (2008)

Surface characteristics of Ni catalystic films on growth behavior of multi-walled carbon nanotubes
(4644-4649) Applied Surface Science 254  #15 (2008)

Nanocomposites   

5/16/2008

Carbon nanotube incorporation: A new route to improve the performance of organic–inorganic heterojunction solar cells
(585-588) Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)   

Growth of carbon nanotubes on carbon fibre substrates to produce hybrid/phenolic composites with improved mechanical properties
(1608-1615) Composites Science and Technology 68 #7-8 (2008)

Functionalization of multi-wall carbon nanotubes with silane and its reinforcement on polypropylene composites
(1727-1733) Composites Science and Technology 68 #7-8 (2008)

177  fs erbium-doped fiber laser mode locked with a cellulose polymer film containing single-wall carbon nanotubes
(# 171113) Applied Physics Letters 92 #17 (2008)
Abstract

Highly Conductive Carbon-Nanotube/Graphite-Oxide Hybrid Films 
(p 1706-1709)
Advanced Materials 20 #9 (2008)
Abstract

Sensors

Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNT)    

5/16/2008

Photochemical modification of single-walled carbon nanotubes with amino functionalities and their metal nanoparticles attachment
(559-562) Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)    

Influence of vacancy defect density on electrical properties of armchair single wall carbon nanotube
(563-566) Diamond and Related Materials 17 #4-5 (2008)   

The effects of CNT alignment on electrical conductivity and mechanical properties of SWNT/epoxy nanocomposites
(1644-1648) Composites Science and Technology 68 #7-8 (2008)

Buckling of defective single-walled and double-walled carbon nanotubes under axial compression by molecular dynamics simulation
(1809-1814) Composites Science and Technology 68 #7-8 (2008)

Purification of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by a Highly Efficient and Nondestructive Approach
(2895 – 2902) Chemistry of  Materials 20 #9 (2008)
Abstract 

Composites of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Polystyrene: Preparation and Electrical Conductivity
(3120 – 3126) Chemistry of  Materials 20 #9 (2008)
Abstract

Defection-selective solubilization and chemically-responsive solubility switching of single-walled carbon nanotubes with cucurbit[7]uril
(
2245 – 2247) Chemical Communications #19 (2008)

A simple method for the containment and purification of filled open-ended single wall carbon nanotubes using C60 molecules
(
2164 – 2166) Chemical Communications #18 (2008)

Parametric analysis of chirality families and diameter distributions in single-wall carbon nanotube production by the floating catalyst method
(907-922) Carbon 46 #6 (2008)

Growth dynamics of vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes from in situ measurements
(923-930) Carbon 46 #6 (2008)

Explosion of single-walled carbon nanotubes in suspension induced by a large photoacoustic effect
(978-981) Carbon 46 #6 (2008)

An efficient route towards the covalent functionalization of single walled carbon nanotubes
(4936-4943) Applied Surface Science 254  #16 (2008)

Effect of heat-pretreatment of the graphite rod on the quality of SWCNTs by arc discharge
(5247-5251) Applied Surface Science 254  #16 (2008)

Photoinduced electron transfer in C60 encapsulated single-walled carbon nanotube
(# 183115) Applied Physics Letters 92 #18 (2008)
Abstract

177  fs erbium-doped fiber laser mode locked with a cellulose polymer film containing single-wall carbon nanotubes
(# 171113) Applied Physics Letters 92 #17 (2008)
Abstract

Synthesis

Sorption

5/16/2008

Simply Modified Chiral Diphosphine: Catalyst Recycling via Non-covalent Absorption on Carbon Nanotubes 
(p 1013-1016)
Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis 350 #7-8 (2008)  
Abstract

Surfaces

Thermal Conductivity

Transformations

Transistors

5/16/2008

Electrical characterization of carbon nanotube field-effect transistors with SiNx passivation films deposited by catalytic chemical vapor deposition
(# 183111) Applied Physics Letters 92 #18 (2008)
Abstract  

Water Dispersion

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