Biochar is mainly used as a soil amendment and for carbon sequestration; while other
applications such as environmental remediation may be equally important. Recently …

The preparation of effective dispersions of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) presents a major
impediment to the extension and utilization of CNTs. CNTs intrinsically tend to bundle and/or …

The unidirectional growth of materials to form nanowires or nanotubes has attracted
enormous interest in recent years. Within the different classes of tubes made of organic or …

Carbon nanotubes have instigated the interest of many different scientific fields since their
authenticated introduction, more than two decades ago. Particularly in aerospace …

Graphene nanosheets produced in the form of stable aqueous dispersions by chemical
reduction of graphene oxide and deposited onto graphite substrates have been investigated …

Nanostructured materials gained great importance in the past decade on account of their
wide range of potential applications in many areas. A large interest is devoted to carbon …

Through functionalization of carbon nanotubes, ie, the attachment of appropriate chemical
functionalities onto their conjugated sp 2 carbon scaffold, the prerequisites for faciliating the …

The low or lack of solubility of fullerenes, carbon nanotubes and graphene/graphite in
organic solvents and water severely hampers the study of their chemical functionalizations …

Inductive coupled rf-plasma at 13.56 MHz was used to modify multiwalled carbon nanotubes
(MWCNTs). This technique can be easily used to tailor the chemical composition of carbon …

The functionalization of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) is a very actively discussed
topic in contemporary nanotube literature because the planned modification of SWCNT …