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Table 2.6 Applications of carbon nanotube-nanoparticle-protein bioconjugates.

These characteristics make CP-AFM ideal for studying electrical transport of nanotubes, nanoparticle assemblies, micro- or nanofabricated semiconductor devices, and individual molecules. Detailed appraisal of these characterizations can be obtained by comparing CP-AFM and STM. Although CP-AFM and STM share high spatial resolution imaging capability (STM 0.1 mn CP-AFM -10 nm, due to larger tip apex) that is critical in linking nanoscale structure to transport properties, an important distinction is the position of the tip with respect to the sample. In the case of CP-AFM, a metal-coated tip is directly contacted to the sample under a controlled load. This means that the measured I V relationship is mainly affected by the electrical properties of the tip-sample contact. 

Keywords Titanium dioxide, Titanate nanotubes. Nanoparticles,... 

The properties of a nanocomposite are determined by the stmcture and properties of the nanoelements, which form it. One of the main tasks in making nanocomposites is building the dependence of the stmcture and shape of the nanoelements forming the basis of the composite on their sizes. This is because with an increase or a decrease in the specific size of nanoelements (nanofibers, nanotubes, nanoparticles, and so on), their physical— mechanical properties such as coefficient of elasticity, strength, deformation parameter, and so on, are varying over one order [1-5]. 

In recent years, nanotechnology has opened a new window on the physical-chemical properties of semiconductor materials nanostructuration. The development of nanostructured materials (nanowires, nanotubes, nanoparticles etc.) enables improvements in the response and recovery times of the sensor signal, due to the reduction of gas diffusion effects in the bulk of the material. Additionally, the sensitivity and the sensor response are also improved by the changes in the conduction mechanisms at the nanoscale and, finally, the reduction of the dimensions of the device allows the reduction of the power consumption by the system. 

H. Bhandari, V. Bansal, V. Choudhary, and S. K. Dhawan, Influence of reaction conditions on the formation of nanotubes/nanoparticles of polyaniline in the presence of 1-amino-2-naphthol-4-sulfonic acid and applications as electrostatic charge dissipation material, Polym. Int., 58, 489-502 (2009). 

The inherent flexibility of the phosphazene structure leads to the development of advanced materials. A significant amount of work has been published using functionalized cyclotriphosphazenes to yield cyclomatrix-type polymers that have been fashioned into nanoparticles and other nanostructures. Papers have been previously published based on the chemistry of 4,4 -sulfonyldiphenol substituted cyclotriphosphazene (49). An idealized structure is shown. Typically, formation of the substituted trimer yields cross-links between trimer rings through the activity of the terminal hydroxyls. Techniques have been developed to control the polymerization of the these materials forming nanotubes, nanoparticles, and coatings for multi-walled carbon nanotubes, as shown below. 

Various nanomaterials, including carbon nanotubes, nanoparticles, nanomagnetic beads, and nanocomposites, are being used to develop highly sensitive and robust biosensors and biosensing systems [1] with a special emphasis on the development of electrochemical-based (bio) sensors [2,3] due to their simplicity and cost efficiency. 

Keywords-. Conducting polymers, nanocomposites, biosensors, immunosen-sors, bioaffinity sensors, DNA biosensors, cholesterol biosensors, glucose biosensors, electrochemical biosensor, sensitivity, response time, recovery time selectivity, reversibility, polyanihne, polypyrrole, graphene, carbon nanotubes, nanoparticles... 

The produced material obtained from nanocapsules synthesis can contain fuUerenes, empty and filled nanocapsules and nanotubes, nanoparticles embedded in amorphous carbon [44] or graphite crystallites [12], broken capsules, uncovered nanoparticles, and amorphous carbon. A general... 

More recently nanoscale fillers such as clay platelets, silica, nano-calcium carbonate, titanium dioxide, and carbon nanotube nanoparticles have been used extensively to achieve reinforcement, improve barrier properties, flame retardancy and thermal stability, as well as synthesize electrically conductive composites. In contrast to micron-size fillers, the desired effects can be usually achieved through addihon of very small amounts (a few weight percent) of nanofillers [4]. For example, it has been reported that the addition of 5 wt% of nanoclays to a thermoplastic matrix provides the same degree of reinforcement as 20 wt% of talc [5]. The dispersion and/or exfoliahon of nanofillers have been identified as a critical factor in order to reach optimum performance. Techniques such as filler modification and matrix functionalization have been employed to facilitate the breakup of filler agglomerates and to improve their interactions with the polymeric matrix. 

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is one of the very useful microscopic methods for the morphological and structural analysis of materials. Larena et al. classified nanopolymers into three groups (1) self-assembled nanostructures (lamellar, lamellar-within-spherical, lamellar-within-cylinder, lamellar-within-lamellar, cylinder within-lamellar, spherical-within-lamellar, and colloidal particles with block copolymers), (2) non-self-assembled nanostructures (dendrimers, hyperbranched polymers, polymer brushes, nanofibers, nanotubes, nanoparticles, nanospheres, nanocapsules, porous materials, and nano-objects), and (3) number of nanoscale dimensions [uD 1 nD (thin films), 2 nD (nanofibers, nanotubes, nanostructures on polymeric surfaces), and 3 nD (nanospheres, nanocapsules, dendrimers, hyperbranched polymers, self-assembled structures, porous materials, nano-objects)] [153]. Most of the polymer blends are immiscible, thermodynamically incompatible, and exhibit multiphase structures depending on the composition and viscosity ratio. They have two types of phase morphology sea-island structure (one phase are dispersed in the matrix in the form of isolated droplets, rods, or platelets) and co-continuous structure (usually formed in dual blends). 

Keywords Carbon nanotubes Nanoparticle Shape-memory effect Shape-memory polymer composite Stimuli-sensitive polymer... 

Carrageenan Extrusion, w/or w/o TPP Composite with nanotubes Nanoparticles microparticles hydrogel beads fibers Drug delivery Enzyme immobilization... 

Chung HT, Won JH, Zelenay P (1922) Active and stable carbon nanotube/nanoparticle composite electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction. Nature Communications 4, doi 10.1038/ncomms2944... 

D.C, and Wang, Y. (2006) Efficient synthesis of carbon nanotube-nanoparticle hybrids. Advanced Functional Materials, 16 (18), 2431-2437. 

Keywords Fischer-Tropsch, cobalt, alumina, carbon nanotube, nanoparticles... 

Nanotubes, nanoparticles and inorganic-organic hybrid systems... 

Y.-W. Mai, Z.-Z. Yu Ed. Polymer Nanocomposites. CRC Press, Baton Roca, PL, USA 2006. ISBN 9780849392979 a review by an international team of authors with 13 papers on layered silicates/polymer compositions and eight papers on nanotubes, nanoparticles and inorganic-organic hybrid systems. 

Growing requirements for safety and environmental controls has led to the development of voltammetric and amperometric methods for determination of explosives described in this chapter. Further development can be envisaged, especially in the field of nano-material-based electrochemical devices for detection of explosives, namely at graphene, carbon nanotubes, nanoparticles, and nanoporous materials, and composites of these materials. Electrochemical sensors offer rapid, sensitive, inexpensive, and reliable detection of explosive materials in any conceivable scenario. Coupling these attractive properties with the portable nature of electrochemical devices facilitates a wide range of decentralized applications. 

Polymer blends, nanocomposites, dispersion, clay, carbon nanotubes, nanoparticles, solid-state shear pulverization. 

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