the culture of actual hepatoma cells instead of cancer cell lines could also be undertaken this would give a better insight into how these materials would perform in real life applications in respect to supporting actual liver growth and function
... heating and H2-plasma treating, and (b) heated then followed by H2-plasma (c) SEM images and (d) Raman spectrum ofthe VACNTs synthesized using simultaneous H2 plasma etching and heating Catalyst ... fullerenes: TiO2 and BN nanotubes have also been synthesized and investigated They have shown better H2 storage than carbon nanotubes c) Decoration of carbon nanotubes with metallic nanoparticles and enzymes, ... Localized density of states (LDOS) of bamboo-shaped (10,0) nanotube (a) and armchair (12,0) naontube (b) A- to- M and N -to- V are the label ofthe carbon rows inthe (10,0) tube (see Fig 3.1 5a) and...
... (a2 ) the initial stacking at q0 was ABAB whereas in (b), (bl) and (b2) the initial stacking was random (a) The normal incidence pattern has a centre of symmetry only (al) (a2 ) The cusps are of ... spectra of graphite and tubes in (b) normal geometry (the electron beam normal tothe c-axis) andin (c) parallel geometry (the electron beam parallel tothe c-axis of graphite and perpendicular to ... as the origin ofthe azimuth the stacking is assumed tobe well ordered andofthe graphite type: ABAB , ABCABC or AAA We inquire howthis stacking changes with azimuth due tothe systematic...
... nanowire with a part ofthe core transformed into b-SiC and coated with a sheath of CNTs b-SiC nanowires and graphitic carbon, as shown inthe top image in Fig 4b The characteristics of carbon deposition ... carbon layers It had been noticed that two kinds of nanowires shown in Fig 3a, b were from the same specimen This case was owing tothe poor thermal contact between the nanowires themselves and ... layers could not self-organize into nanotubes completely and bucked to form many feather-like sheets on the nanowire surface, as shown inthe upper image in Fig 4a A typical nanowire in high magni®cation...
... crucially on the flow rate of oxidant, the amount of initial sample, the manner of packing ofthe carbon, andthe quality ofthe cathodic soot Although MWCNTs can be purified by a variety of gas phase ... by this method In laser ablation for producing CNTs, an intense laser beam is used to ablate/ vaporize a target consisting ofa mixture of graphite and metal catalyst ina flow of inert gas This ... than SDS as there is a large surface area of phosphate backbone which interacts with water, while similarly there are many bases to bind the CNTs The advantage ofthis process is that it can always...
... The adhesion forces tend to flatten the bottom ofthe tubes so as to increase the area of contact At the same time, there is an increase inthe curvature ofthe tube and therefore a rise in strain ... cylinders to each other [59] Similarly, a crystal-array [68] of parallel nanotubes will flatten at thelinesof contact between them so as to maximize the attractive van der Waals intertube interaction ... 1.02 TPa of graphite and using the standard beam deflection formula one can calculate the bending ofthe nanotube under applied external force Inthis case, the deflection ofa cantilever beam of length...
... to 50 sccm of H2 After attaining steady state, the H2 plasma was ignited using a microwave power of 200 W, and sccm of CH4 was fed intothe chamber for 20 The chamber was evacuated and then allowed ... electrical characteristics, the thermal behavior ofthe CNT arrays was also determined using a PA technique Figure shows the variation of thermal interface resistance of CNT arrays with the dc bias ... 0.1 V Each data point shown was the average of 50 measurements at the same voltage The resistance of each individual CNT sample was determined from the slope ofa least-squares fit line tothe resulting...
... brackets in (1.1) are replaced by en(x)Ct with Ct being the nanotube total capacitance derived in [22] To obtain this total capacitance one has to go beyond the classical approximation Inthis section ... both the conduction band bottom andthe valence band top shift away from the original Fermi point k = andthe gap closes At fields larger than the critical field the gap opens again The critical ... image charge The separation between the SWNT axis andthe surface ofthe conductor is h Inthe case ofthe metallic substrate it is about the nanotube radius, R, plus the Van der Waals distance...
... deliver therapeutic agents intothe cytoplasm and, in many cases, intothe nucleus The intrinsic spectroscopic properties of CNTs, such as Raman and photoluminescence, afford additional advantages ... MWCNTs have been used as cellular carriers of recombined ricin A chain protein toxin (RAT) for tumor targeting The complexes of RAT and MWCNT were capable of translocating inthe cytoplasm of various ... oxygen-radical scavengers are added tothe system The assay readout can be compared tothe radical scavenging ability ofa known radical scavenger, Trolox, a vitamin E derivative The radical scavenging ability...
... hydroxyl and carbonyl, that act as scattering points on the surface where phonons can be transferred from the nanotube crystalline structure intothe insulating polymer matrix This behavior has already ... reaching a 70% improvement at wt.% loading Thebetter performance of MWNTs can be due to their lower specific surface area [SSA], as compared with SWNTs, andtothe presence ofthe internal layers ... of at least six measurements for each sample On the other hand, the thermal conductivity ofthe cured samples was measured using a hot disk apparatus This method was based on a heat balance in...
... participated in some ofthe studies and participated inthe drafting ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have ... nanotubes in integrated circuit manufacturing, however, many ofthe questions raised in understanding carbon nanotube growth are directly relevant to graphene also Abbreviations CNT: carbon nanotubes; ... MA, MoberlyChan WJ, Shaw EJ, Schlogl R, Hart AJ, Hofmann S, Wardle BL: Nanoscale Zirconia as a Nonmetallic Catalyst for Graphitization of Carbon andGrowthof Single- and Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes...
... temperature ofthe plasma, and there was no plasma-heating effect at W so that the formation of sp linear carbon chains was generated inthe carbon plasma Thus, a fraction ofthe sp linear carbon chains ... the presence of very intense plasma spots was observed inthe c-mode which induced plasma-heating effects ofthe catalysts and damaged CNTs The mode ofthe plasma had great impact on the synthesis ... potential ofthe insulating surface (Vf) coupled tothe plasma potential (VP) via the sheath: Vf = Vp – Vsh, where VP and Vsh is the potential ofthe plasma and plasma sheath, respectively Law et al...
... effects may alsobe important in case of CNTs CNTs have an unusually large surface area/mass ratio The large surface area gives the particles a greater area to contact with the cellular membrane and ... TNF -a, and IL-8 are key in ammatory mediators when macrophages are activated Interestingly, after CNTs were taken up by murine and rat macrophage cells, no in ammatory mediators such as NO, TNF -a, ... production and release of proinflammatory (tumor necrosis factor -a, interleukin-1h) to anti -in ammatory profibrogenic cytokines (transforming growth factor-b, interleukin-10) Thein ammatory and fibrogenic...
... motifs that functionin intra- and intermolecular crosslinking Indeed, using a synthetic gene approach we recently expressed in tobacco cellsa simple arabinosylated HRGP analog containing 20 tandem ... contains 20 tandem repeats each containing a long hydrophilic stretch of monogalactosylated serine and arabinosylated hydroxyproline Dispersion of SWNTs in YK20 solutions About mg of HiPCO carbon ... complex through the blocks of hydrophilic amino acids (Ser and Hyp) andthe abundant glycans that bind water The details regarding the YK20 configuration around SWNTs demands atomically resolved...
... MWNTs band), mainly due to defects [20] is also observed Raman spectra for SWNTs show the presence of RBM, at 388.9 cm–1, in addition tothe G- and Dbands The increase inthe intensity of D-band ... TEM and HRTEM images of SWNTs obtained at agrowth temperature of 950°C are respectively shown in Fig 3a and b It can be seen that SWNTs are of larger diameter of around nm Alloy filling inside ... increase in total surface area by providing fresh surfaces, which further enhance the catalytic reactivity and active sites for the formation of CNTs We have also analysed the outlet gas during...
... (a2 ) the initial stacking at q0 was ABAB whereas in (b), (bl) and (b2) the initial stacking was random (a) The normal incidence pattern has a centre of symmetry only (al) (a2 ) The cusps are of ... spectra of graphite and tubes in (b) normal geometry (the electron beam normal tothe c-axis) andin (c) parallel geometry (the electron beam parallel tothe c-axis of graphite and perpendicular to ... as the origin ofthe azimuth the stacking is assumed tobe well ordered andofthe graphite type: ABAB , ABCABC or AAA We inquire howthis stacking changes with azimuth due tothe systematic...
... (a2 ) the initial stacking at q0 was ABAB whereas in (b), (bl) and (b2) the initial stacking was random (a) The normal incidence pattern has a centre of symmetry only (al) (a2 ) The cusps are of ... spectra of graphite and tubes in (b) normal geometry (the electron beam normal tothe c-axis) andin (c) parallel geometry (the electron beam parallel tothe c-axis of graphite and perpendicular to ... as the origin ofthe azimuth the stacking is assumed tobe well ordered andofthe graphite type: ABAB , ABCABC or AAA We inquire howthis stacking changes with azimuth due tothe systematic...
... provide internal cavities (2-10 nm in diameter) that are capable of accommodating biomolecules of suitable size It has been shown that small proteins, such as lactamase, can be inserted intothe internal ... the inserted lactamase remained catalytically active, implying that no drastic conformational change had taken place DNA couldalso enter intothe CNT cavities, and DNA transport has been directly ... Suenaga, K.; Okazaki, T.; Hirahara, K.; Bandow, S.; Kato, H.; Taninaka, A. ; Shinohara, H.; Iijima, S Appl Phys A 2003, 76, 445 (g) Suenaga, K.; Okazaki, T.; Wang, C.-R.; Bandow, S.; Shinohara,...
... based carbon fiber A comparison of mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties between CNTs and conventional fiber materials are given in Table 1.2 and Table 1.3 These tables display that the ... behaves plastically at a high temperature and low strain rate This is because, at a high temperature and under a slow strain rate the formation of defect is facilitated which allows a gradual ... hope to carry out the research work I wouldalso like to thank Dr Adrian Koh ofthe Department of Mechanical Engineering for helping me to enrich my analytical and critical thinking capabilities...
... contribution inthe fabricating and characterization ofthe dye sensitized solar cells I am grateful tothe lab technicians inthe department ofmaterials science and engineering for their trainings and ... [102-104] These functional groups increase the distance between graphite layers and weaken the inter-plane van der Waals interactions Thus the graphite oxide can be easily exfoliated into monolayer nanosheets ... 2.3.6 Photovoltaic performance characterization The photovoltaic performance ofthe DSC was measured by applying a scanning potential bias V tothecelland measuring the generated photocurrent...