ACS Nano

, volume 12 , issue 12 , pages 11756-11784

Carbon Nanotubes and Related Nanomaterials: Critical Advances and Challenges for Synthesis toward Mainstream Commercial Applications.

Rahul Rao ^{1, 2}

Cary Pint ³

Ahmad E. Islam ^{1, 2}

Robert S. Weatherup ^{4, 5}

Stephan Hofmann ⁶

Eric Meshot ⁷

Fanqi Wu ⁸

Chongwu Zhou ⁸

Nicholas Dee ⁹

Placidus B Amama ¹⁰

Jennifer Carpena Núñez ^{1, 2}

Wenbo Shi ¹¹

Desirée L. Plata ¹²

E Penev ¹³

Boris I. Yakobson ¹³

Perla B Balbuena ¹⁴

C. Bichara ¹⁵

Don N. Futaba ¹⁶

Suguru Noda ¹⁷

Homin Shin ¹⁸

K S Kim ¹⁸

Benoit Simard ¹⁸

Francesca Mirri ¹³

Matteo Pasquali ¹³

Francesco Fornasiero ⁷

Esko I. Kauppinen ¹⁹

Michael Arnold ²⁰

Baratunde A. Cola ²¹

Pavel Nikolaev ^{1, 2}

Sivaram Arepalli ¹³

Huiming Cheng ^{22, 23}

Dmitri Zakharov ²⁴

Eric Stach ²⁵

Jin Zhang ²⁶

Rufan Zhang ²⁷

Mauricio Terrones ²⁸

D. B. Geohegan ²⁹

Benji Maruyama ¹

Shigeo Maruyama ³⁰

Yan Li ²⁶

W. Wade Adams ¹³

Anastasios John Hart ⁹

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Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio 45433, United States |

UES Inc., Dayton, Ohio 45433, United States |

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235 United States |

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School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K. |

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University of Manchester at Harwell, Diamond Light Source, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, U.K.

University of Manchester

Diamond Light Source

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0FA, U.K. |

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Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550 United States |

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Ming-Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States |

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States |

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Tim Taylor Department of Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, United States |

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Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States |

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States |

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Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States |

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Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, United States |

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Aix-Marseille University and CNRS, CINaM UMR 7325, 13288 Marseille, France |

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Nanotube Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 305-8565, Japan |

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Department of Applied Chemistry and Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan |

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Security and Disruptive Technologies Research Centre, Emerging Technologies Division, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada |

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Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University School of Science, P.O. Box 15100, FI-00076 Espoo, Finland |

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Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Wisconsin−Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States |

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George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States |

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Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China |

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Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China |

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Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States |

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Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States |

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College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China |

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Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China |

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Department of Physics and Center for Two-Dimensional and Layered Materials, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States |

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Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States |

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, the University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2018-12-05

American Chemical Society (ACS)

ACS Nano

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SJR: 4.497

CiteScore: 24.2

Impact factor: 16.0

ISSN: 19360851, 1936086X

DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b06511

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PubMed ID: 30516055

General Physics and Astronomy

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Abstract

Advances in the synthesis and scalable manufacturing of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) remain critical to realizing many important commercial applications. Here we review recent breakthroughs in the synthesis of SWCNTs and highlight key ongoing research areas and challenges. A few key applications that capitalize on the properties of SWCNTs are also reviewed with respect to the recent synthesis breakthroughs and ways in which synthesis science can enable advances in these applications. While the primary focus of this review is on the science framework of SWCNT growth, we draw connections to mechanisms underlying the synthesis of other 1D and 2D materials such as boron nitride nanotubes and graphene.

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Rao R. et al. Carbon Nanotubes and Related Nanomaterials: Critical Advances and Challenges for Synthesis toward Mainstream Commercial Applications. // ACS Nano. 2018. Vol. 12. No. 12. pp. 11756-11784.

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Rao R., Pint C., Islam A. E., Weatherup R. S., Hofmann S., Meshot E., Wu F., Zhou C., Dee N., Amama P. B., Carpena Núñez J., Shi W., Plata D. L., Penev E., Yakobson B. I., Balbuena P. B., Bichara C., Futaba D. N., Noda S., Shin H., Kim K. S., Simard B., Mirri F., Pasquali M., Fornasiero F., Kauppinen E. I., Arnold M., Cola B. A., Nikolaev P., Arepalli S., Cheng H., Zakharov D., Stach E., Zhang J., Zhang R., Terrones M., Geohegan D. B., Maruyama B., Maruyama S., Li Y., Adams W. W., Hart A. J. Carbon Nanotubes and Related Nanomaterials: Critical Advances and Challenges for Synthesis toward Mainstream Commercial Applications. // ACS Nano. 2018. Vol. 12. No. 12. pp. 11756-11784.

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.1021/acsnano.8b06511

UR - https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b06511

TI - Carbon Nanotubes and Related Nanomaterials: Critical Advances and Challenges for Synthesis toward Mainstream Commercial Applications.

T2 - ACS Nano

AU - Rao, Rahul

AU - Pint, Cary

AU - Islam, Ahmad E.

AU - Weatherup, Robert S.

AU - Hofmann, Stephan

AU - Meshot, Eric

AU - Wu, Fanqi

AU - Zhou, Chongwu

AU - Dee, Nicholas

AU - Amama, Placidus B

AU - Carpena Núñez, Jennifer

AU - Shi, Wenbo

AU - Plata, Desirée L.

AU - Penev, E

AU - Yakobson, Boris I.

AU - Balbuena, Perla B

AU - Bichara, C.

AU - Futaba, Don N.

AU - Noda, Suguru

AU - Shin, Homin

AU - Kim, K S

AU - Simard, Benoit

AU - Mirri, Francesca

AU - Pasquali, Matteo

AU - Fornasiero, Francesco

AU - Kauppinen, Esko I.

AU - Arnold, Michael

AU - Cola, Baratunde A.

AU - Nikolaev, Pavel

AU - Arepalli, Sivaram

AU - Cheng, Huiming

AU - Zakharov, Dmitri

AU - Stach, Eric

AU - Zhang, Jin

AU - Zhang, Rufan

AU - Terrones, Mauricio

AU - Geohegan, D. B.

AU - Maruyama, Benji

AU - Maruyama, Shigeo

AU - Li, Yan

AU - Adams, W. Wade

AU - Hart, Anastasios John

PY - 2018

DA - 2018/12/05

PB - American Chemical Society (ACS)

SP - 11756-11784

IS - 12

VL - 12

PMID - 30516055

SN - 1936-0851

SN - 1936-086X

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@article{2018_Rao,

author = {Rahul Rao and Cary Pint and Ahmad E. Islam and Robert S. Weatherup and Stephan Hofmann and Eric Meshot and Fanqi Wu and Chongwu Zhou and Nicholas Dee and Placidus B Amama and Jennifer Carpena Núñez and Wenbo Shi and Desirée L. Plata and E Penev and Boris I. Yakobson and Perla B Balbuena and C. Bichara and Don N. Futaba and Suguru Noda and Homin Shin and K S Kim and Benoit Simard and Francesca Mirri and Matteo Pasquali and Francesco Fornasiero and Esko I. Kauppinen and Michael Arnold and Baratunde A. Cola and Pavel Nikolaev and Sivaram Arepalli and Huiming Cheng and Dmitri Zakharov and Eric Stach and Jin Zhang and Rufan Zhang and Mauricio Terrones and D. B. Geohegan and Benji Maruyama and Shigeo Maruyama and Yan Li and W. Wade Adams and Anastasios John Hart},

title = {Carbon Nanotubes and Related Nanomaterials: Critical Advances and Challenges for Synthesis toward Mainstream Commercial Applications.},

journal = {ACS Nano},

year = {2018},

volume = {12},

publisher = {American Chemical Society (ACS)},

month = {dec},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b06511},

number = {12},

pages = {11756--11784},

doi = {10.1021/acsnano.8b06511}

}

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Rao, Rahul, et al. “Carbon Nanotubes and Related Nanomaterials: Critical Advances and Challenges for Synthesis toward Mainstream Commercial Applications..” ACS Nano, vol. 12, no. 12, Dec. 2018, pp. 11756-11784. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b06511.

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ACS Nano

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4.497

CiteScore

24.2

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19360851 (Print)

1936086X (Electronic)

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