Surface modification of TiO2 nanostructures for visible light photocatalyst by Chen, Jia.

“…Ag3PO4 were deposited on the surface of the TiO2 nanorods and nanotubes and the photocatalytic properties have been enhanced by the Ag3PO4 surface modification. …”
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Synthesis of MoS2–C one-dimensional nanostructures with improved lithium storage properties by Zhang, Chaofeng, Wang, Zhiyu, Guo, Zaiping, Lou, David Xiong Wen

“…Uniform one-dimensional (1D) MoS2–C composite nanostructures including nanorods and nanotubes have been produced through a sulfidation reaction in H2S flow using MoOx/polyaniline hybrid nanostructures as the precursor. …”
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Nanostructured electrocatalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCS) by Wang, Shuangyin

“…Secondly, the as-developed noncovalent functionalization method could effectively equip carbon nanotubes with the specified surface functional groups. …”
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Investigations of SWCNT/Polyoxometalates hybrid materials as electrode for supercapacitors by Lee, Ching Yi

“…Presently, there are little studies of hybridizing polyoxometalates with carbon nanotubes as electrode materials for supercapacitors. …”
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Oxidation-etching preparation of MnO2 tubular nanostructures for high-performance supercapacitors by Zhu, Jixin, Shi, Wenhui, Xiao, Ni, Rui, Xianhong, Tan, Huiteng, Lu, Xuehong, Hng, Huey Hoon, Ma, Jan, Yan, Qingyu

“…The polycrystalline MnO2 nanotubes can be further converted to porous nanobelts and sponge-like nanowires by annealing in air. …”
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Enhancement of subcooled pool boiling using nano-patterned substrates by Hore, Debangshu

“…A thermosyphon system was set up to determine the subcooled pool boiling characteristics of a 1 cm by 1 cm heated silicon surface coated with carbon nanotubes in varying patterns under atmospheric condition with FC-72 as the working fluid.…”
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Layer-by-layer synthesis of titanium oxide nano structure by Shen, Samuel Yaodong.

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Metal sulfides for electrochemical energy storage and conversion by Wang, Jin

“…With this in view, novel MoS2/Ni3S2 heterostructures, flexible MoS2 electrodes supported on different substrates and hierarchical MoS2 hollow nanotubes have been developed and designed by facile synthetic routes. …”
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Clean unzipping by steam etching to synthesize graphene nanoribbons by Zhuang, Naifeng, Liu, Chunchen, Jia, Lina, Wei, Lin, Cai, Jindi, Guo, Yonglang, Zhang, Yongfan, Hu, Xiaolin, Chen, Jianzhong, Chen, Xiaodong, Tang, Yuxin

“…A simple, clean method of steam etching carbon nanotubes is reported for the synthesis of graphene nanoribbons. …”
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3D printed photoacoustic shockwave transducer for cavitation research by Chan, Weiwei

“…Previous designs employed concave glass substrates decorated with catalytically grown carbon nanotubes. Here, we show that arbitrarily shaped surfaces made of polymers and printed with 3D printers allow the generation of waveforms with complex temporal and spatial shape. …”
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One-pot synthesis of ultra-light nickel nanofoams composed of nanowires and their transformation into various functional nanofoams by Ni, Wei, Wu, Hao Bin, Wang, Bao, Xu, Rong, Lou, David Xiong Wen

“…From the Ni nanofoam, many other functional nanofoams, composed of semi-hollow NiO nanowires, multi-generation Ni nanowires, and noble metal nanotubes, can be easily derived for many important applications. …”
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Growth and characterization of PECVD growth CNTs and CNT networks by Tay, Roland Yingjie.

“…Aligned carbon nanotubes (ACNTs) were prepared by Plasma Enhance Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD). …”
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Understanding and improving the microbial fuel cell anodic electron transfer process by Peng, Luo

“…To promote the heterogeneous ET through S. oneidensis outer membrane c-Cyts, the electrode was modified with carbon nanotubes (CNTs). This modification transformed the rectification behavior of the OM c-Cyts and enhanced their heterogeneous rate constant. …”
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Inkjet print transfer and electrical characterization of nanomaterial on paper by Yadanar, Aye Minn

“…Inkjet printing becomes popular in the electronics industry for its processing time faster than other deposition techniques, and for its lack of requirement of masks and lithography processes. Here, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and silver are printed on paper substrate, and the behaviour of conductivity of CNTs and the thickness of CNTs based on the number of deposited CNTs layers are studied. …”
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Atomistic simulation of amorphous carbon nanowires by Low, Shao Jun

“…Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) have been widely recognized for its industrial applications such as energy storage, water filters, actuators, etc. …”
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Pillararene-based assemblies : design principle, preparation and applications by Zhang, Huacheng, Zhao, Yanli

“…The morphologies of the supramolecular assemblies are divided into several types, for example, nanospheres, nanotubes and supramolecular polymers. Furthermore, the functions and potential applications are summarized accompanied with related assembly structures. …”
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Reserving interior void space for volume change accommodation : an example of cable-like MWNTs@SnO2@C composite for superior lithium and sodium storage by Zhao, Yi, Wei, Chao, Sun, Shengnan, Wang, Luyuan Paul, Xu, Zhichuan Jason

“…Reserving interior void space in the cable-like structure of multiwalled carbon nanotubes-in-SnO2-in-carbon layer (MWNTs@SnO2@C) is reported for the first time. …”
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Synthesis of nitrogen-containing polycyclic aromatic molecules by strain-enhanced 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition by Zhang, Xinjiang

“…Nitrogen-containing polycyclic aromatic molecules (NPAMs) have attracted much attention in recent decades for their intriguing structures and properties, as well as potential to work as building blocks for the bottom-up synthesis of nitrogen-containing graphene, carbon nanotubes and fullerenes. The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction between compounds with unsaturated C-C bonds and π-extended azomethine ylide has proved to be an effective method for synthesizing NPAMs with large π-surface. …”
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Thermal characterization of nanoscale material by Ho, Weng Fei.

“…This final year project presents the thermal property measurements of several nanoscale thin film materials: multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT), tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) and CrAlSiN nanocomposites, using pulsed photothermal reflectance (PPR) technique at room temperature. …”
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Aerogel and ionogel strain sensors by Tan, Melissa Siew Ting

“…In the first part, a low density and electrically conductive aerogel polymer composite was fabricated using resorcinol formaldehyde and cross-linked carbon nanotubes. While the aerogel displayed high piezoresistive sensitivity, its low compressibility rendered it unsuitable for electronic-skin applications. …”
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