碳纳米管修饰电极在分析化学中的应用

综述了碳纳米管所特有的物理和化学性质,碳纳米管的制备、纯化和修饰,重点介绍了碳纳米管修饰电极及其在分析化学中的一些研究成果.引用文献73篇.     

碳纳米管膜电极的制备及其分析应用

本文详细介绍了碳纳米管的特性,并就碳纳米管在电分析化学中的应用情况进行了全面的综述,重点介绍了各种碳纳米管膜电极的制备及其应用。     

纳米材料修饰电极及其在电分析化学中的应用

综述了纳米材料修饰电极的特性及其在电分析化学领域的一些研究成果。重点介绍了碳纳米管、纳米二氧化钛和钠米金修饰电极的修饰，表征方法及其作为一类新型电极在电分析化学中的应用前景。     

碳纳米管在分析化学中的应用

综述了碳纳米管在分析化学中应用的新的进展。主要讨论了碳纳米管在扫描显微镜探针针尖、气体传感器、化学修饰电极和化学分离与检测等方面的应用。     

碳纳米管修饰电极在生命电分析化学中的应用进展

本文综述了近年来碳纳米管修饰电极在生命电分析化学中的应用进展,主要包括在神经递质、蛋白质、核酸以及其它与生命相关的小分子上的电化学研究,并展望了其应用前景。     

聚氨酯/碳纳米管复合材料制备的研究进展

综述了聚氨酯/碳纳米管复合材料制备研究中碳纳米管的修饰方法及其复合材料的制备方法。碳纳米管的修饰方法包括共价修饰和非共价修饰,两种方法都可以有效改善碳纳米管在聚氨酯中的分散性。然而,共价修饰法会削弱碳纳米管的强度,非共价修饰层则容易脱落。因此,人们发展出了复合修饰法。该复合材料中的制备方法包括溶液共混法、熔融混合法和原位聚合法。评述了未来的发展趋势,提出朝简单、环保的方向改进碳纳米管的修饰方法,形成系统化的碳纳米管分散性评价的量化标准,发展出适应复合材料工业化生产线的制备方法,将是今后研究的重点。     

磁性碳纳米管复合材料的合成及在固相萃取中的应用进展

本文综述了近年来磁性碳纳米管复合材料的最新进展。重点讨论了碳纳米管的表面预处理技术、碳纳米管与磁性纳米颗粒的复合方法及材料结构性能的表征技术,介绍了磁性碳纳米管复合材料在样品富集检测中的应用,并对其未来的发展趋势进行了展望。     

异型碳纳米管

通过引入缺陷环,直型碳纳米管可连接为不同形态的异型碳纳米管。异型碳纳米管因其在纳米电子科技领域潜在的应用而备受关注。本文综述了异型碳纳米管的合成方法,结构和稳定性的关系,其电学、力学、热学、光学性质以及相关的分子模拟方法在异型碳纳米管研究中的应用进展,并简要介绍了其在电子器件,储氢材料以及其它功能复合材料方面的应用。最后,讨论了目前研究中存在的问题并展望了该领域今后的发展趋势。     

碳纳米管在电分析中的应用

碳纳米管因其独特的特性，自发现以来得到了广泛的关注与应用；本文着重对碳纳米管在电分析中的应用作了综述。     

碳纳米管薄膜的制备及其在柔性电子器件中的应用

近年来,柔性电子器件的发展日新月异。以碳纳米管为代表的碳纳米材料,尤其是其组装成的宏观结构碳纳米管薄膜具有良好的柔性和优异的导电性,且具有化学稳定、热稳定、光学透明性等优点,在柔性电子领域展现了极大的应用潜力。本文简要综述了近年来碳纳米管薄膜在柔性电子器件领域的研究进展。首先详细介绍了碳纳米管薄膜的两类主要制备方法,分别为干法制备和湿法制备;继而介绍了碳纳米管薄膜在多种柔性电子器件的组装、性能与应用方面的最新研究进展;最后总结了碳纳米管薄膜基柔性电子领域的发展现状,并讨论了该领域所面临的挑战及其未来前景。     

液晶冠醚、碳纳米管、水溶性杯芳烃在分析化学中的应用

综述了液晶冠醚、碳纳米管、水溶性杯芳烃在分析化学中应用的新进展。介绍了液晶冠醚在离子传输、分子识别、色谱分析、LB膜等各方面的应用;讨论了碳纳米管在扫描显微镜探针针尖、气体传感器、化学修饰电极和化学分离与检测方面的应用,以及水溶性杯芳烃在光度法、电化学、色谱分离方面的应用。     

Statistical sampling of carbon nanotube populations by thermogravimetric analysis

Carbon nanotubes are one of the most promising nanomaterials available with applications in electronics devices, sensing, batteries, composites and medicine. Strict control of the carbon nanotube chemistry and properties is necessary as the applications proceed into more specialized areas. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) is one analytical method currently utilized for the characterization of carbon nanotubes. Though TGA can provide quantitative measurements of the composition of a sample, many researchers do not ensure the variance of the sample is properly captured. This research demonstrates for four single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) samples how to statistically evaluate the material with TGA to ensure that the variance within the material is represented. SEM results are used to help reach conclusions about purity of the material by providing a visual means for inspection. This data is used to select the SWCNT material with the lowest variability and highest quality, as evaluated by composition and reproducibility.     

The formation of low-dimensional inorganic nanotube crystallites in carbon nanotubes

The filling of carbon nanotubes, which vary in diameter and morphology, is directly observed by molecular dynamics computer simulation with a potential model which thermodynamically favors a four-coordinate bulk crystal structure. Inorganic nanotube (INT) structures form which are based on percolating hexagonal nets. For small carbon nanotube diameters the filling is shown to proceed via an "internal wetting" mechanism, which depends on the internal carbon nanotube area rather than the free volume. Both single- and double-walled INTs are predicted to form. The atomistic formation mechanisms are discussed and an intermediate structure identified. The INT structures, including the observed intermediate, are discussed by reference to a simple energy landscape. The formation energetics are discussed in terms of a simple analytical model which combines the INT strain energy and the tube-tube interactions. An effective phase diagram, which predicts the INT morphologies as a function of carbon nanotube diameter, is derived and discussed with respect to the analytical model.     

Interaction of double-stranded DNA inside single-walled carbon nanotubes

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the genetic material for all living organisms, and as a nanostructure offers the means to create novel nanoscale devices. In this paper, we investigate the interaction of deoxyribonucleic acid inside single-walled carbon nanotubes. Using classical applied mathematical modeling, we derive explicit analytical expressions for the encapsulation of DNA inside single-walled carbon nanotubes. We adopt the 6–12 Lennard–Jones potential function together with the continuous approach to determine the preferred minimum energy position of the dsDNA molecule inside a single-walled carbon nanotube, so as to predict its location with reference to the cross-section of the carbon nanotube. An analytical expression is obtained in terms of hypergeometric functions which provides a computationally rapid procedure to determine critical numerical values. We observe that the double-strand DNA can be encapsulated inside a single-walled carbon nanotube with a radius larger than 12.30 ?, and we show that the optimal single-walled carbon nanotube to enclose a double-stranded DNA has radius 12.8 ?.     

Carbon nanotube stabilised emulsions for electrochemical synthesis of porous nanocomposite coatings of poly[3,4-ethylene-dioxythiophene

The amphiphobic nature of carbon nanotubes allows them to stabilise droplets of water-insoluble monomers dispersed in the aqueous nanotube suspension, leading to a flexible route to electrochemical synthesis of useful nanoporous composites of nanotube doped conducting polymers, and potentially to other chemistry involving reactants incompatible in the same medium.     

Chemical and biochemical sensing with modified single walled carbon nanotubes

The nano dimensions, graphitic surface chemistry and electronic properties of single walled carbon nanotubes make such a material an ideal candidate for chemical or biochemical sensing. Carbon nanotubes can be nondestructively oxidized along their sidewalls or ends and subsequently covalently functionalized with colloidal particles or polyamine dendrimers via carboxylate chemistry. Proteins adsorb individually, strongly and noncovalently along nanotube lengths. These nanotube-protein conjugates are readily characterized at the molecular level by atomic force microscopy. Several metalloproteins and enzymes have been bound on both the sidewalls and termini of single walled carbon nanotubes. Though coupling can be controlled, to a degree, through variation of tube oxidative pre-activation chemistry, careful control experiments and observations made by atomic force microscopy suggest that immobilization is strong, physical and does not require covalent bonding. Importantly, in terms of possible device applications, protein attachment appears to occur with retention of native biological structure. Nanotube electrodes exhibit useful voltammetric properties with direct electrical communication possible between a redox-active biomolecule and the delocalized pi system of its carbon nanotube support.     

Orientation of a benzene molecule inside a carbon nanotube

Benzene molecules confined in carbon nanotubes of varying radii are employed as semiconductors in electronic nanodevices, and their orientation determines the electrical properties of the system. In this paper, we investigate the interaction energy of all the possible configurations of a benzene molecule inside various carbon nanotubes and then we determine the equilibrium configuration. We adopt the continuous approach together with the semi-empirical Lennard-Jones potential function to model van der Waals interaction between a benzene molecule and a carbon nanotube. This approach results in an analytical expression, which accurately approximates the interaction energy and can be readily used to generate numerical data. We find that horizontal, tilted and perpendicular configurations on the axis of the carbon nanotube are all possible equilibrium configurations of the benzene molecule when the radius of the carbon nanotube is less than 5.580 Å. However, when the radius of the carbon nanotube is larger than 5.580 Å an offset horizontal orientation is the only possible equilibrium configuration of the benzene molecule. In the limiting case, the orientation of a benzene molecule on a graphene sheet can be derived simply by letting the radius of the carbon nanotube tend to infinity.     

New sorbents for extraction and microextraction techniques

This review outlines recent progress in the research on some new classes of sorbents for extraction and microextraction techniques. Carbon nanotubes are allotropes of carbon with cylindrical structure. They are very stable systems having considerable chemical inertness due to the strong covalent bonds of the carbon atoms on the nanotube surface. Some applications of carbon nanotubes are presented in a perspective view. Molecular imprinting has proved to be an effective technique for the creation of recognition sites on a polymer scaffold. By a mechanism of molecular recognition, the molecularly imprinted polymers are used as selective tools for the development of various analytical techniques such as liquid chromatography, capillary electrochromatography, solid-phase extraction (SPE), binding assays and biosensors. Sol–gel chemistry provides a convenient pathway to create advanced material systems that can be effectively utilized to solve the solid phase microextraction fiber technology problems. This review is mainly focused on recent advanced developments in the design, synthesis and application of sol–gel in preparation of coatings for the SPME fibers.     

Directly observed covalent coupling of quantum dots to single-wall carbon nanotubes

Carboxylate chemistry is used to covalently couple metal nanoparticles to defect sites in controllably oxidized single-walled carbon nanotube termini and side-walls, and this process monitored by atomic force microscopy.     

Amphoteric doping of carbon nanotubes by encapsulation of organic molecules: electronic properties and quantum conductance

In order to investigate and optimize the electronic transport processes in carbon nanotubes doped with organic molecules, we have performed large-scale quantum electronic structure calculations coupled with a Green's function formulation for determining the quantum conductance. Our approach is based on an original scheme where quantum chemistry calculations on finite systems are recast to infinite, non-periodic (i.e., open) systems, therefore mimicking actual working devices. Results from these calculations clearly suggest that the electronic structure of a carbon nanotube can be easily manipulated by encapsulating appropriate organic molecules. Charge transfer processes induced by encapsulated organic molecules lead to efficient n- and p-type doping of the carbon nanotube. Even though a molecule can induce p and n doping, it is shown to have a minor effect on the transport properties of the nanotube as compared to a pristine tube. This type of doping therefore preserves the intrinsic properties of the pristine tube as a ballistic conductor. In addition, the efficient process of charge transfer between the organic molecules and the nanotube is shown to substantially reduce the susceptibility of the pi electrons of the nanotube to modification by oxygen while maintaining stable doping (i.e., no dedoping) at room temperature.