Rodlike molecules carbon nanotubes

Some Other Rodlike Molecules Carbon Nanotubes,... 

As rodlike molecules, polyprismanes enjoy the same kind of putative utility as carbon nanotubes [2], and are somewhat akin to staffanes and related rodlike molecules [3] and to ladderanes [4]. Stiff, rodlike molecules like these may find applications in materials science because of their mechanical and electrical... 

Of the rodlike molecules mentioned in this section, the closest gross stractural similarity to prismanes is, clearly, shown by carbon nanotubes. This kinship is, however, not shared at the level of their carbon atoms, for nanotubes are based on the garden variety of carbon foimd in benzene, while polyprismanes demand an exotic half-planar species. This dichotomy is likely to be reflected in the sphere of synthesis nanotubes are made by allowing nature to take a broad course in... 

I will introduce the phase separation of mixtures of rigid rodlike polymers and liquid crystal molecules in this section. Stiff, long liquid crystal polymers and carbon nanotubes are considered to be rodlike molecules. Because of the strong intermolecular van der Waals attraction, nanotubes aggregate and do not easily dissolve. However, they can be dispersed by modifications with surfactant-like molecules on the nanotube surface [51]. Such dispersed nanotubes can be aligned in a liquid crystal matrix. 

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