Introduction to carbon nanotubes

M Monthioux, P Serp, E Flahaut… - Springer handbook of …, 2010 - Springer
Carbon nanotubes are remarkable objects that look set to revolutionize the technological
landscape in the near future. Tomorrowʼs society will be shaped by nanotube applications …

A density functional theory study on the adsorption and decomposition of methanol on B12N12 fullerene-like nanocage

MD Esrafili, R Nurazar - Superlattices and Microstructures, 2014 - Elsevier
The adsorption and dissociative reaction of methanol on B 12 N 12 fullerene-like nanocage
is investigated by using density functional calculations. Equilibrium geometries, adsorption …

Surfactive stabilization of multi-walled carbon nanotube dispersions with dissolved humic substances

MA Chappell, AJ George, KM Dontsova, BE Porter… - Environmental …, 2009 - Elsevier
Soil humic substances (HS) stabilize carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersions, a mechanism we
hypothesized arose from the surfactive nature of HS. Experiments dispersing multi-walled …

Potential of C-doped boron nitride fullerene as a catalyst for methanol dehydrogenation

MD Esrafili, R Nurazar - Computational materials science, 2014 - Elsevier
In this work, we employed density functional theory (DFT) calculations to investigate
methanol adsorption and decomposition on the surface of a carbon-doped boron nitride …

First-principle study of methanol adsorption on Ni (Pd)-decorated graphene

AA Peyghan, M Moradi - Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society, 2015 - Springer
Ab initio first-principle calculations, including dispersion correction, were carried out to
investigate Ni (Pd)-decorated graphene for its application as methanol storage materials …

Methanol adsorption on graphene

E Schröder - Journal of Nanomaterials, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The adsorption energies and orientation of methanol on graphene are determined from first‐
principles density functional calculations. We employ the well‐tested vdW‐DF method that …

Highly selective adsorption of methanol in carbon nanotubes immersed in methanol-water solution

WH Zhao, B Shang, SP Du, LF Yuan, J Yang… - The Journal of …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
The systems of open-ended carbon nanotubes (CNTs) immersed in methanol-water solution
are studied by molecular dynamics simulations. For the (6, 6) CNT, nearly pure methanol is …

Ab initio investigation of the SCN− chemisorption of single-walled boron nitride nanotubes

A Soltani, N Ahmadian, Y Kanani, A Dehnokhalaji… - Applied surface …, 2012 - Elsevier
The thiocyanate anion (SCN−) adsorption capacity of zigzag single-walled boron nitride
nanotubes (SWBNNTs) is studied via first-principles theory. Binding energy corresponding …

Adsorption kinetics of alcohols on single-wall carbon nanotubes: an ultrahigh vacuum surface chemistry study

J Goering, E Kadossov, U Burghaus - The Journal of Physical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Presented are thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS) data of alcohol adsorption on single-
wall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) supported on silica. The adsorption kinetics of methanol …

Interaction of acetone with single wall carbon nanotubes at cryogenic temperatures: a combined temperature programmed desorption and theoretical study

D Kazachkin, Y Nishimura, S Irle, K Morokuma… - Langmuir, 2008 - ACS Publications
The interaction of acetone with single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) at low temperatures
was studied by a combination of temperature programmed desorption (TPD) and dispersion …