70th Year Anniversary of Carbon Nanotube Discovery-Focus on Real World Solutions

• Other Authors: Paramsothy, Muralidharan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; CNTs; MWCNTs; SWCNTs; polymer composite; mechanical performance; flexible capacitive sensors; bioinspired spinosum; CNT/PDMS nanocomposite; tires; transmission system; carbon nanotube (CNT); hydroxyl groups; response speed; energy dissipation; carbon nanotubes; carbon nanotube fibers; tensile strength; defect control; controlled preparation; dielectric polymer composites; permittivity; polymer nanocomposite; electrical conductivity; mixing; polymer blends; electromagnetic interference shielding; carbon nanotube; filler migration; polyethylene; lead; arsenic; adsorption; poly(amidoamine); silver nanoparticles; biosensor; virus; SARS-CoV-2; toxicity; biocompatibility; electrospinning; electrospraying; nanomaterials; nanostructured membrane; nanocomposites; seawater desalination; temperature polarization; flux; solar energy; dye degradation; surface plasmon resonance effect; TiO2/rGO/Ag; hybrid nanostructures; phosphorus; encapsulation; lithium-ion batteries; atomic force microscopy; diameter; nanometrology; epoxy resin; ionic liquid; nanocomposite; curing agent; dispersing agent; mechanical properties; lap shear; conductivity; melt-mixing; polymer composites; SWCNT; PMMA; n/a
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This Special Issue reprint highlights seventy years since the discovery of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in 1952 by Russian scientists LV Radushkevich and VM Lukyanovich in what was then the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or the USSR. It also reflects the popularization by the well-known Japanese scientist S Iijima, since 1991, of carbon nanostructures, including CNTs, towards nanotechnology as a forever impactful and inspiring field. For researchers, academics, and teachers of all levels, from novice to expert to guru, the articles contained within this Special Issue are themed around sustainability from nanotechnology, pertaining to diameter measurement, rotor system molecular simulation, ultra-high tensile strength, energy, filtration via membrane distillation, environmental remediation using adsorption, ionic liquids as curing agents, biosensors and bioinspired sensors, and electrical/mechanical properties of polymer nanocomposites. The CNT is a legacy 1D nanomaterial, only after which was 2D graphene able to emerge. This is a global and mixed-country authorship Special Issue, with this reprint containing articles from Canada, Saudi Arabia, China, Russia, Spain, India, Japan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the USA, Germany, Turkiye, and Malaysia. The Guest Editor is from Singapore and began publishing critical work on the CNT-polymer interface towards the mechanical properties of the nanocomposite up to 20 years ago.