Bulk-modified carbon nanotubes

Coordination polymers are of special interest for nanotechnology because individual chains of these polymers could be used as molecular wires, with a number of advantages over other materials, such as carbon nanotubes, due to their easier synthesis, or higher reactivity. It is possible to modify the bulk magnetic, electronic, and optical properties of these polymers by tailoring the... 

Fig. 15.25 Pathways for future electrocatalyst development for automotive PEMFCs. (a) Thick films or bulk single crystal and polycrystalline catalysts that are ideal for fundamental studies on surface structure and mechanisms these materials need to be modified into (c) and (d) to be applicable to fuel cells, (b) Typical commercial nanoparticles (2-4 nm) on a high-surface-area carbon support used in fuel cells at this time (c) Thin continuous films of catalyst on a support such as carbon nanotubes that may provide a physical porous structure for mass transport in a fuel cell (d) Core-shell catalysts where only the shell eonsists of precious metals and are supported on a typical high-surface-area support [72, 77, 89]...

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