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Dispersion of single-wall carbon nanotubes with supramolecular Congo red – properties of the complexes and mechanism of the interaction

  • Anna Jagusiak,
  • Barbara Piekarska,
  • Tomasz Pańczyk,
  • Małgorzata Jemioła-Rzemińska,
  • Elżbieta Bielańska,
  • Barbara Stopa,
  • Grzegorz Zemanek,
  • Janina Rybarska,
  • Irena Roterman and
  • Leszek Konieczny

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 636–648, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.68

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  • ; Introduction Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) present enormous application potential in many areas of chemistry, technology and medicine and are currently one of the most intensely studied nanomaterials. Biomedical use of CNTs includes biosensors [1], bioimaging [2][3], drug delivery [4][5][6][7][8][9] and tissue
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Published 16 Mar 2017

Gas sensing properties of MWCNT layers electrochemically decorated with Au and Pd nanoparticles

  • Elena Dilonardo,
  • Michele Penza,
  • Marco Alvisi,
  • Riccardo Rossi,
  • Gennaro Cassano,
  • Cinzia Di Franco,
  • Francesco Palmisano,
  • Luisa Torsi and
  • Nicola Cioffi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 592–603, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.64

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  • greatly to the improvement and diffusion of gas sensor technology [5]. Specifically, the discovery of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) has extensively advanced gas sensor applications [6]. Indeed, CNTs are a class of promising materials in the field of gas sensors, thanks to their unique properties, such as a
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Published 10 Mar 2017

Nanocrystalline ZrO2 and Pt-doped ZrO2 catalysts for low-temperature CO oxidation

  • Amit Singhania and
  • Shipra Mital Gupta

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 264–271, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.29

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  • anthropogenic activities. The catalytic CO oxidation is a very well established and exploited process. So far, noble metals such as Pt, Pd, Rh and Au dominated as catalysts for CO oxidation [10][11][12]. Various supports such as Al2O3, TiO2, SiO2, CeO2, Fe2O3 and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have also been used for
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Published 26 Jan 2017

Photo-ignition process of multiwall carbon nanotubes and ferrocene by continuous wave Xe lamp illumination

  • Paolo Visconti,
  • Patrizio Primiceri,
  • Daniele Longo,
  • Luciano Strafella,
  • Paolo Carlucci,
  • Mauro Lomascolo,
  • Arianna Cretì and
  • Giuseppe Mele

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 134–144, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.14

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  • ignitors; multiwalled carbon nanotubes; photo-induced ignition; Introduction The photo-ignition process of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) was observed for the first time accidentally by exposing single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) to the flash of an ordinary camera [1]. Following this, studies [2] highlighted
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Published 13 Jan 2017

Sensitive detection of hydrocarbon gases using electrochemically Pd-modified ZnO chemiresistors

  • Elena Dilonardo,
  • Michele Penza,
  • Marco Alvisi,
  • Gennaro Cassano,
  • Cinzia Di Franco,
  • Francesco Palmisano,
  • Luisa Torsi and
  • Nicola Cioffi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 82–90, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.9

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  • scientific community. HCs gas sensors based on organic conducting polymers (such as polyaniline (PANI) [15][16], polypyrrole (PPy) [17] and polythiophene (PTh) [18]) and on carbon-based nanomaterials with desired functionality and conductivity (e.g., carbon nanotubes (CNTs) [19] and graphene [20]) exhibit a
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Published 10 Jan 2017

Sub-nanosecond light-pulse generation with waveguide-coupled carbon nanotube transducers

  • Felix Pyatkov,
  • Svetlana Khasminskaya,
  • Vadim Kovalyuk,
  • Frank Hennrich,
  • Manfred M. Kappes,
  • Gregory N. Goltsman,
  • Wolfram H. P. Pernice and
  • Ralph Krupke

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 38–44, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.5

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  • Physics, University of Münster, Münster 48149, Germany 10.3762/bjnano.8.5 Abstract Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have recently been integrated into optical waveguides and operated as electrically-driven light emitters under constant electrical bias. Such devices are of interest for the conversion of fast
  • needed to enable on-chip data communication in devices with small footprint. In this context carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been identified as promising active components [1][2]. As a first step towards CNT-based optoelectronic photonic devices, light generation in waveguide-like electrodes [3] and optical
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Published 05 Jan 2017

Graphene–polymer coating for the realization of strain sensors

  • Carmela Bonavolontà,
  • Carla Aramo,
  • Massimo Valentino,
  • Giampiero Pepe,
  • Sergio De Nicola,
  • Gianfranco Carotenuto,
  • Angela Longo,
  • Mariano Palomba,
  • Simone Boccardi and
  • Carosena Meola

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 21–27, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.3

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  • the IRT technique is shown. The carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can be used as a filler in the polymer composite system to obtain ultralight structural materials (nanocomposites) with enhanced electrical, thermal and optical characteristics. Glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) is used for the realization of the
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Published 03 Jan 2017

Fabrication and characterization of branched carbon nanostructures

  • Sharali Malik,
  • Yoshihiro Nemoto,
  • Hongxuan Guo,
  • Katsuhiko Ariga and
  • Jonathan P. Hill

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1260–1266, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.116

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  • 10.3762/bjnano.7.116 Abstract Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have atomically smooth surfaces and tend not to form covalent bonds with composite matrix materials. Thus, it is the magnitude of the CNT/fiber interfacial strength that limits the amount of nanomechanical interlocking when using conventional CNTs to
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Published 05 Sep 2016

Reasons and remedies for the agglomeration of multilayered graphene and carbon nanotubes in polymers

  • Rasheed Atif and
  • Fawad Inam

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1174–1196, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.109

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  • dispersion state of filler as multilayered graphene (MLG) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) tend to agglomerate due to van der Waals forces. The agglomeration can be avoided by using organic solvents, selecting suitable dispersion and production methods, and functionalizing the fillers. Another proposed method is
  • for both current and prospective researchers in the field of MLG- and CNT-based polymer nanocomposites to achieve maximum enhancement in mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties of produced polymer nanocomposites. Keywords: agglomeration; carbon nanotubes (CNTs); dispersion state; multilayered
  • results in strong interfacial interactions. Polymer composite theory foretells improved mechanical properties due to improved interfacial bonding [3]. In addition, due to the high thermal and electrical conductivities of multilayered graphene (MLG) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs), thermally and electrically
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Published 12 Aug 2016

Photocurrent generation in carbon nanotube/cubic-phase HfO2 nanoparticle hybrid nanocomposites

  • Protima Rauwel,
  • Augustinas Galeckas,
  • Martin Salumaa,
  • Frédérique Ducroquet and
  • Erwan Rauwel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1075–1085, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.101

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  • combination of nanoparticles with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) has proven to greatly broaden the area of potential applications, such as gas sensors [1][2], solar cells [3][4], bioimaging [5] and IR detectors [6], most of which require efficient charge transfer from the nanoparticle to the CNT and charge
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Published 26 Jul 2016

Customized MFM probes with high lateral resolution

  • Óscar Iglesias-Freire,
  • Miriam Jaafar,
  • Eider Berganza and
  • Agustina Asenjo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1068–1074, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.100

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  • , either by using focused ion beam (FIB) milled tips [1][2], electron beam deposited tips [3][4] or stencil-deposited metal dots onto an AFM tip [5]. Following a different approach, probes with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been fabricated for MFM imaging either by mechanical attachment [6][7][8] or direct
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Published 25 Jul 2016

Comparison of the interactions of daunorubicin in a free form and attached to single-walled carbon nanotubes with model lipid membranes

  • Dorota Matyszewska

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 524–532, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.46

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  • -stranded DNA or RNA sequences showing high specificity and affinity to their targets, which were employed as molecular targeting agents for targeted drug transport. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are among the promising drug delivery systems. They attract scientists’ attention due to their properties such as
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Published 08 Apr 2016

Free vibration of functionally graded carbon-nanotube-reinforced composite plates with cutout

  • Mostafa Mirzaei and
  • Yaser Kiani

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 511–523, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.45

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  • -mechanical properties, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted increasing attention in the past decades. CNTs are a promising candidate for the reinforcement of the matrix phase in a composite. Kwon et al. [1] reported that using a powder metallurgy fabrication process, carbon-nanotube-reinforced composites
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Published 07 Apr 2016

Synthesis and applications of carbon nanomaterials for energy generation and storage

  • Marco Notarianni,
  • Jinzhang Liu,
  • Kristy Vernon and
  • Nunzio Motta

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 149–196, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.17

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  • able to generate, store and transport electricity in a clean and more efficient way and with smaller space requirements. Specifically, the use of nanostructured allotrope forms of carbon and derivatives such as fullerenes, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene have been widely investigated over the past
  • it with o-dichlorobenzene solution or with trifluoroacetic acid (Figure 8) [36]. Carbon nanotubes Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), discovered by Ijima in 1991 [37], are another allotrope form of carbon with a cylindrical structure. The unique structure of CNTs results in many extraordinary properties. Since
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Published 01 Feb 2016

Application of biclustering of gene expression data and gene set enrichment analysis methods to identify potentially disease causing nanomaterials

  • Andrew Williams and
  • Sabina Halappanavar

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 2438–2448, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.252

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  • black (CB) or carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to determine the disease significance of these data-driven gene sets. Results: Biclusters representing inflammation (chemokine activity), DNA binding, cell cycle, apoptosis, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and fibrosis processes were identified. All of the NM studies
  • toxicity induced by nanoparticles of titanium dioxide (nano-TiO2) [46][47][48] and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) [49][50] of various sizes and properties. This work identified the properties of nano-TiO2 that influence their inflammogenic potential [51]. These studies have generated a large repository of gene
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Published 21 Dec 2015

NanoE-Tox: New and in-depth database concerning ecotoxicity of nanomaterials

  • Katre Juganson,
  • Angela Ivask,
  • Irina Blinova,
  • Monika Mortimer and
  • Anne Kahru

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1788–1804, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.183

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  • database NanoE-Tox that is available as Supporting Information File 2. The database is based on existing literature on ecotoxicology of eight ENMs with different chemical composition: carbon nanotubes (CNTs), fullerenes, silver (Ag), titanium dioxide (TiO2), zinc oxide (ZnO), cerium dioxide (CeO2), copper
  • : carbon nanotubes (CNTs), fullerenes, silver (Ag), titanium dioxide (TiO2), zinc oxide (ZnO), cerium dioxide (CeO2), copper oxide (CuO), and iron oxide (FeOx; Fe2O3, Fe3O4). Furthermore, all these ENMs, except CuO, are listed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Working
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Published 25 Aug 2015

Possibilities and limitations of advanced transmission electron microscopy for carbon-based nanomaterials

  • Xiaoxing Ke,
  • Carla Bittencourt and
  • Gustaaf Van Tendeloo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1541–1557, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.158

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  • nanoparticles were also essential ingredients in inks and printing pastes used over centuries in various cultures [17]. Another example are carbon nanotubes (CNTs) [18] which found their way into the secret recipe of ultra-sharp Damascus steel, which dates back to seventeenth century, and are believed to be
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Published 16 Jul 2015

Interaction of electromagnetic radiation in the 20–200 GHz frequency range with arrays of carbon nanotubes with ferromagnetic nanoparticles

  • Agylych Atdayev,
  • Alexander L. Danilyuk and
  • Serghej L. Prischepa

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1056–1064, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.106

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  • nanocomposites are prospects for memory storage, emission and high frequency devices. New magnetic nanocomposites based on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) [1][2][3] are very promising for high frequency applications [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] such as transmission lines, mixtures and detectors [15][16][17
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Published 24 Apr 2015

Applications of three-dimensional carbon nanotube networks

  • Manuela Scarselli,
  • Paola Castrucci,
  • Francesco De Nicola,
  • Ilaria Cacciotti,
  • Francesca Nanni,
  • Emanuela Gatto,
  • Mariano Venanzi and
  • Maurizio De Crescenzi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 792–798, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.82

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  • supports [10], and super capacitors [11]. In this research field, architectures based on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are the focus of intense research activity [2]. Since CNTs are one-dimensional structures with well-known electrical and mechanical properties, they are the ideal building blocks for
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Published 23 Mar 2015

Observation of a photoinduced, resonant tunneling effect in a carbon nanotube–silicon heterojunction

  • Carla Aramo,
  • Antonio Ambrosio,
  • Michelangelo Ambrosio,
  • Maurizio Boscardin,
  • Paola Castrucci,
  • Michele Crivellari,
  • Marco Cilmo,
  • Maurizio De Crescenzi,
  • Francesco De Nicola,
  • Emanuele Fiandrini,
  • Valentina Grossi,
  • Pasqualino Maddalena,
  • Maurizio Passacantando,
  • Sandro Santucci,
  • Manuela Scarselli and
  • Antonio Valentini

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 704–710, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.71

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  • that are aligned only at a certain applied voltage. In the case of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), a number of cases have been reported in which this effect has been observed both for single-walled as well as for double-walled CNTs [3][4][5]. In this work, a photosensitive junction was fabricated which
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Published 10 Mar 2015

Electrical response of liquid crystal cells doped with multi-walled carbon nanotubes

  • Amanda García-García,
  • Ricardo Vergaz,
  • José F. Algorri,
  • Xabier Quintana and
  • José M. Otón

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 396–403, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.39

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  • carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and the possibility of reorienting them with external fields [3][4][5][6]. The interest to control this reorientation arises from the possibility of preparing simple devices whose electrical conductivity can be externally controlled and modulated [5][6][7][8][9]. Due to their
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Published 06 Feb 2015

Release behaviour and toxicity evaluation of levodopa from carboxylated single-walled carbon nanotubes

  • Julia M. Tan,
  • Jhi Biau Foo,
  • Sharida Fakurazi and
  • Mohd Zobir Hussein

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 243–253, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.23

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  • of the diseased cells. Generally, drug carriers can be categorized into four major groups: inorganic nanoparticles [2][3], recombinant proteins [4], viral or non-viral carriers [5] and organic cationic compounds [6]. Recently, inorganic nanoparticles such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were subjected to
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Published 22 Jan 2015

Synthesis of boron nitride nanotubes and their applications

  • Saban Kalay,
  • Zehra Yilmaz,
  • Ozlem Sen,
  • Melis Emanet,
  • Emine Kazanc and
  • Mustafa Çulha

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 84–102, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.9

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  • ; chemical modifications; medical applications; synthesis methods; toxicity; Review Introduction Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) are known as structural analogs of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) but with superior properties [1][2][3]. Although they have structural similarities, they significantly differ in their
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Published 08 Jan 2015

Liquid-phase exfoliated graphene: functionalization, characterization, and applications

  • Mildred Quintana,
  • Jesús Iván Tapia and
  • Maurizio Prato

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 2328–2338, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.242

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  • such as fullerenes and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) [23][24][25]. Using these solvents, it is possible to exfoliate graphite, resulting in defect-free graphene layers of high concentration. One limitation of this methodology is its inability to completely eliminate the absorbed solvent from the graphene
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Published 04 Dec 2014

Nanobioarchitectures based on chlorophyll photopigment, artificial lipid bilayers and carbon nanotubes

  • Marcela Elisabeta Barbinta-Patrascu,
  • Stefan Marian Iordache,
  • Ana Maria Iordache,
  • Nicoleta Badea and
  • Camelia Ungureanu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 2316–2325, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.240

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  • interest in the fields of nanotechnology and biomedicine [1][2][3]. Special attention has been paid to biomimetic membranes that convey biocompatibility to the hybrid materials [4][5][6][7]. One of the building blocks used to construct nanomaterials are carbon nanotubes (CNTs), which are allotropes of
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Published 02 Dec 2014
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