Raman spectroscopy is now an extremely important technique for the analysis of carbon-
based materials. It is demonstrated how it can be used to give a unique insight into …

The sensing of bioactive molecules based on photochemical techniques has become one of
the fastest-growing scientific fields. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a highly …

In this present review, the current status of the intrinsic mechanical properties of the
graphene-family of materials along with the preparation and properties of bulk graphene …

Polymer nanocomposites reinforced with carbon-based nanofillers are gaining increasing
interest for a number of applications due to their excellent properties. The understanding of …

The formation of composite materials represents an efficient route to improve the
performances of polymers and expand their application scopes. Due to the unique structure …

Multi‐walled carbon nanotube (MWNT)‐sheet‐reinforced bismaleimide (BMI) resin
nanocomposites with high concentrations (∼ 60 wt%) of aligned MWNTs are successfully …

The spatial orientation of the reinforcing elements in polymer-based composites plays a vital
role in controlling mechanical properties but there is no generally-accepted way of …

This review summarizes progress on structural composites with carbon nanotube (CNT)
fibres. It starts by analyzing their development towards a macroscopic ensemble of …

Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibers containing 10 wt.‐% single‐walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs)
exhibit a 100% improvement in tensile modulus and reduced thermal shrinkage and …

Ter (9, 9‐diarylfluorene) s (TDAFs) exhibit many intriguing properties promising for blue light‐
emitting devices, such as high thin‐film photoluminescence quantum yields (∼ 90%), high …