Carbon nanotubes properties

O Connell, MJ. (ed.) (2006) Carbon Nanotubes, Properties and Applications, CRC Taylor, Francis, Boca Raton. 

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M.J. O Connell, Carbon Nanotubes Properties and Applications, Boca Raton, CRC Taylor Francis, 2006. 

Kalamkarov,A. L., Georgiades,A. V,Rokkam, S. K., Veedu, V. P. Ghasemi-Nejhad, M. N. (2006). Analytical and Numerical Techniques to Predict Carbon Nanotubes Properties. Int J. Solids Struct, 43, 6832-6854. 

However, the complexity of carbon nanotube properties leads to a continuous search for the optimization of specific properties that will maximize efficiency in cellular delivery and biological activity of the payload nucleic acid as well as minimization of toxicity. It is important that researchers studying carbon nanotubes carefully characterize each property as well as the biological effect of the specific parameters of each CNT/nucleic acid conjugate. Meaningful and consistent biological properties will become more common as the properties of CNTs become regulated. 

A. L. Kalamkarov, A. V. Georgiades, S. K. Rokkam, V. P. Veedu, and M. N. Ghasemi-Nejhad, "Analytical and numerical techniques to predict carbon nanotubes properties," International Journal of Solids and Structures, vol. 43, pp. 6832-6854, 2006. 

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Although carbon nanotubes show exceptional properties on the nanoscale, the difficulty lies in creating a material that exhibits carbon nanotube properties on the macro-scale. Incorporating the nanotubes as filler into polymer matrices is the most common method currently explored. Similar to other composites made from chopped fiber in a polymer matrix, filler dispersion and orientation are essential to achieve optimal property improvements. Researchers have used many different techniques to attempt to disperse nanotubes in polymer matrices including solution chemistry to... 

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