A flexible, nonenzymatic glucose biosensor based on Ni-coordinated, vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays

RSC Advances ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (89) ◽  
pp. 48310-48316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wan-Sun Kim ◽  
Gi-Ja Lee ◽  
Je-Hwang Ryu ◽  
KyuChang Park ◽  
Hun-Kuk Park

We evaluated the use of flexible biosensors based on Ni-coordinated, vertically aligned carbon nanotubes on a flexible graphite substrate (Ni/VCNTs/G) for the nonenzymatic electrochemical detection of glucose.

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (34) ◽  
pp. 17804-17810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Manuel Silva ◽  
Alexandre Cunha Bastos ◽  
Filipe Jose Oliveira ◽  
Donato Ercole Conte ◽  
Yafei Fan ◽  
...  

Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes grown directly onto a metallic substrate without external catalyst can be used as the active electrode material and the current collector, respectively.


2014 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 1575-1579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Nick ◽  
Sandeep Yadav ◽  
Ravi Joshi ◽  
Christiane Thielemann ◽  
Jörg J Schneider

The growth of cortical neurons on three dimensional structures of spatially defined (structured) randomly oriented, as well as on vertically aligned, carbon nanotubes (CNT) is studied. Cortical neurons are attracted towards both types of CNT nano-architectures. For both, neurons form clusters in close vicinity to the CNT structures whereupon the randomly oriented CNTs are more closely colonised than the CNT pillars. Neurons develop communication paths via neurites on both nanoarchitectures. These neuron cells attach preferentially on the CNT sidewalls of the vertically aligned CNT architecture instead than onto the tips of the individual CNT pillars.


2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (a1) ◽  
pp. C596-C596
Author(s):  
Ulla Vainio ◽  
Thea Schnoor ◽  
Sarathlal Koyiloth Vayalil ◽  
Karl Schulte ◽  
Martin Müller ◽  
...  

Recent simulations of vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays have shown that the shape of the orientation distribution of nanotubes within the array has a drastic effect on the electrical properties of the array. Orienting of shape-anisotropic objects can be carried out in several different ways such as shearing, magnetically steering, or by vibrating the objects. Nevertheless, perfect orientation is difficult if not impossible to achieve. In the case of the growth of carbon nanotube arrays, self-confinement can occur affecting the resultant orientation distribution. Yet so far the shape of the orientation distribution has not been quantified in great detail and it has been mostly assumed to be Gaussian or Lorentzian. In the present work, multi-walled carbon nanotube arrays were grown via aerosol-assisted chemical vapour deposition with iron catalyst and investigated using small-angle X-ray scattering, a method perfectly suited to characterizing the orientation of carbon nanotubes. Using a microfocused X-ray beam of 24 μm x 17 μm in size at beamline P03 of the PETRA III synchrotron storage ring in Hamburg, we determined the orientation distribution of the vertically aligned carbon nanotubes along the film height. Remarkably, the packing density of the carbon nanotubes seems to correlate not only with the width of the distribution but also its shape. The shape of the orientation distribution was then compared to that from different oriented systems. These findings indicate that by using alignment methods that are based on steric interaction between particles, such as shearing or self-confinement during particle growth, the system will reach an alignment with an orientation distribution closer to the Laplace distribution than to the normal distribution. Such a finding has profound implications for simulation studies of mechanical, electrical and other properties of many hierarchical materials.


Carbon ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 538-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Zhang ◽  
Guang-Hui Xu ◽  
Jia-Qi Huang ◽  
Wei-Ping Zhou ◽  
Meng-Qiang Zhao ◽  
...  

RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (13) ◽  
pp. 7266-7275
Author(s):  
Meng Li ◽  
Ning Yang ◽  
Vanessa Wood ◽  
Hyung Gyu Park

End- and side-contact resistances between carbon nanotubes and contacts are easily probed in vertically aligned arrays.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
shamim Azimi

The project is about the development of a novel method for the fabrication of vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays as a substrate for rapid and sensitive detection of glucose in human blood plasma. The results of characterizations and measurements reveal that in contrast with conventional methods, this user-friendly device can be employed as a sensitive, economical, and user-friendly method for the detection of small molecules such as glucose.


2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (23) ◽  
pp. 5245-5260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenbo Shi ◽  
Desiree L. Plata

Incorporate green chemistry principles into vertically aligned carbon nanotube production and leverage their properties to maximize environmental benefits.


Nanoscale ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (22) ◽  
pp. 10683-10690
Author(s):  
Timothy P. Butler ◽  
Ijaz Rashid ◽  
Yunuen Montelongo ◽  
Gehan A. J. Amaratunga ◽  
Haider Butt

Spectral studies on the periodic arrays of vertically-aligned multiwalled carbon nanotube arrays.


RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (72) ◽  
pp. 67685-67692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piyush Jagtap ◽  
Amit Kumar ◽  
Praveen Kumar

Carbon nanotube forests (CNTFs) are porous ensembles of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes, exhibiting excellent reversible compressibility and electric field tunable stress–strain, creep, and viscoelastic responses.


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