Carbon Nanotubes--the Route Toward Applications

Abstract

Many potential applications have been proposed for carbon nanotubes, including conductive and high-strength composites; energy storage and energy conversion devices; sensors; field emission displays and radiation sources; hydrogen storage media; and nanometer-sized semiconductor devices, probes, and interconnects. Some of these applications are now realized in products. Others are demonstrated in early to advanced devices, and one, hydrogen storage, is clouded by controversy. Nanotube cost, polydispersity in nanotube type, and limitations in processing and assembly methods are important barriers for some applications of single-walled nanotubes.

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Carbon nanotubeNanotechnologyMaterials scienceHydrogen storageEnergy storageNanotubeSemiconductorNanometreDispersityOptoelectronicsComposite materialPhysics

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Year: 2002
Type: article
Volume: 297
Issue: 5582
Pages: 787-792
Citations: 10128
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                                    Ray H. Baughman, 
                                
                                    Anvar Zakhidov, 
                                
                                    Walt A. de Heer
                                
                            (2002). 
                            Carbon Nanotubes--the Route Toward Applications. 
                            Science
                            , 297
                            (5582)
                            , 787-792.
                            https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1060928

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DOI: 10.1126/science.1060928