Soft materials with graphitic nanostructures

2007 ◽  
Vol 365 (1855) ◽  
pp. 1539-1552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takuzo Aida ◽  
Takanori Fukushima
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Ionic Liquids ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Soft Materials ◽  
Review Article ◽  
New Family ◽  
Nanotube Composites ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Imidazolium Ion

This review article focuses on our recent studies on novel soft materials consisting of carbon nanotubes. Single-walled carbon nanotubes, when suspended in imidazolium ion-based ionic liquids and ground in an agate mortar, form physical gels (bucky gels), where heavily entangled bundles of carbon nanotubes are exfoliated to give highly dispersed, much finer bundles. By using bucky gels, the first printable actuators that operate in air for a long time without any external electrolyte are developed. Furthermore, the use of polymerizable ionic liquids as the gelling media results in the formation of electroconductive polymer/nanotube composites with enhanced mechanical properties. The article also highlights a new family of nanotubular graphite, via self-assembly of amphiphilic hexabenzocoronene (HBC) derivatives. The nanotubes consist of a graphitic wall composed of a great number of π-stacked HBC units and are electroconductive upon oxidation. The use of amphiphilic HBCs with functional groups results in the formation of nanotubes with various interesting properties.

scholarly journals Absorption Properties of Hybrid Composites of Gold Nanorods and Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Deok-Jin Yu ◽  
D. Ganta ◽  
Elijah Dale ◽  
A. T. Rosenberger ◽  
James P. Wicksted ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Absorption Spectra ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Hybrid Composites ◽  
Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Plasmon Mode ◽  
Absorption Properties ◽  
Au Nanorods ◽  
Single Walled Carbon ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

We report on the optical properties of fabricated nanohybrid structures containing Au nanorods and functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes in aqueous solutions. In particular, the absorption spectra of these hybrid materials are studied as a function of the concentration of the functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes as well as the evolution time following preparation. The absorption spectra show a red shift of the longitudinal plasmon mode of the Au nanorods along with the emergence of broadened structures at wavelengths between 1000 and 1100 nm. These results, supported by TEM images, indicate the self-assembly of the Au nanorods forming on the sidewalls of the functionalized SWNTs driven by polyelectrolyte interactions.

Ionic liquids plus microwave irradiation: a general methodology for the retro-functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes

Nanoscale ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (33) ◽  
pp. 15782-15787 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myriam Barrejón ◽  
Zois Syrgiannis ◽  
Maurizio Prato
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Ionic Liquids ◽  
Microwave Irradiation ◽  
Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Single Walled Carbon ◽  
General Methodology ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Tunable functionalization of SWCNTs through the use of ionic liquids under microwave irradiation.

scholarly journals Multifunctional Ionogels Incorporated with Lanthanide (Eu3+, Tb3+) Complexes Covalently Modified Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Polymers ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1099 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiuping Li
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Ionic Liquids ◽  
Uv Light ◽  
Green Emission ◽  
Sem Images ◽  
Hybrid Gels ◽  
Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Electric Materials ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Functionalized Mwcnts

Ionogels refer to an emerging composite material made from the confinement of ionic liquids within some specific cross-linked network matrices. They have potential applications in areas such as electrochemical and optical-electric materials. Incorporation of lanthanide (Eu3+, Tb3+) complexes covalently functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) in ionogels provide new ideas to design and synthesize novel luminescent hybrid materials that have excellent characteristics of luminescence and ionic conductivity. Here, the multifunctional ionogels were synthesized by confining an ionic liquid and the rare earth functionalized MWCNTs in the cross-linked polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) networks, resulting in a novel optical/electric multifunctional hybrid material. The SEM images and digital photographs suggest that the lanthanide functionalized MWCNTs are evenly dispersed in the hybrid matrices, thus leading to a certain transparency bulky gel. The resulting ionogels exhibit certain viscosity and flexibility, and display an intense red/green emission under UV-light irradiation. The intrinsic conductibility of the embedded ionic liquids and carbon nanotubes in conjunction with the outstanding photoluminescent properties of lanthanide complexes makes the soft hybrid gels a material with great potential and valuable application in the field of optical-electric materials.

Ionic Self-Assembly Provides Dense Arrays of Individualized, Aligned Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

2013 ◽  
Vol 52 (49) ◽  
pp. 13080-13085 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Hubert Olivier ◽  
Pravas Deria ◽  
Jaehong Park ◽  
Amar Kumbhar ◽  
Maria Andrian-Albescu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Single Walled Carbon ◽  
Dense Arrays ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Self-assembly of ultrathin gold nanowires and single walled carbon nanotubes as a highly sensitive substrate for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
pp. 7286-7289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanchao Zhang ◽  
Jingquan Liu ◽  
Da Li ◽  
Fuhua Yan ◽  
Xin Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Gold Nanowires ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Surface Enhanced ◽  
Surface Enhanced Raman ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Self-assembly of ultrathin gold nanowires and single-walled carbon nanotubes as highly sensitive substrates for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy.

Self-assembly fabrication of a graphene/multi-walled carbon nanotube hybrid material for suppressing potential heat radiation and toxic effluent

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (125) ◽  
pp. 103365-103372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Liu ◽  
Dong Wang ◽  
Yuan Hu
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Aqueous Solution ◽  
Graphene Oxide ◽  
Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Hybrid Material ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Heat Radiation ◽  
Multi Walled Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Negative graphene oxide was combined with positive chitosan-modified multi-walled carbon nanotubes in aqueous solution and then thermally reduced to fabricate a multi-walled carbon nanotube/graphene (MWCNT/G) hybrid material.

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