Nanocarbon adsorption properties

Carbon nanotubes are a new allotropic form of caibon and possess interesting physicochemical properties. Their chance discovery was a result of an enormous interest in fullerenes. Carbon nanotubes are built of graphene layers and can assume single- or multi-wallet structures [23,25,35]. Chemical modifications of nanotubes in both open terminated areas and on outer and inner walls create many possibilities. Prospective and present applications of nanotubes depend on their physicochemical properties, such as density, resistance to stretching and bending, thermal and electrical conductivity, field emission, as well as resistance to temperature. Good adsorption properties of nanocarbon materials contribute to their extensive practical application. 

Liu etal. [32] reported the characteristics and reactivity of highly ordered mesoporous carbon-titania hybrid materials synthesized via organic-inorganic-amphiphilic coassembly followed by in situ crystallization. In the degradation of Rhodamine B these materials also show enhanced properties due to the dispersion/stabilization of small titania nanocrystals and the adsorptive capacity of the nanocarbon. 

Graphene and graphene oxide. This planar nanocarbon [95,154] together with its oxidized form [155] can also be employed as special modifiers with adsorptive and catalytic properties. 

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