Abstract
Noteworthy developments have been realized in the pioneering material technology and engineering-scale manufacturing, particularly in the fabrication of various micro/nano devices, which have enabled the utilization of a variety of materials in numerous functional applications. Over few decades, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are upraised as an amazing nanomaterial, and have been successfully employed in several fields of materials science and nanotechnology, such as sensing, medicines, electronics, environment, as well as green energy production and storage technologies. Therefore, CNTs should meet a broad range of the definite criteria, for example, high aspect ratio, good surface modification, high porosity, desired conductivity, nontoxicity, selectivity, and specificity, as well as appropriate compatibility for the successful assembling of devices. The foremost purpose of this chapter is to briefly discuss and summarize the fundamental concepts, construction strategies, promising properties, and the significant applications of CNT nanostructures for emerging technologies. Besides, we mainly focus on the general introduction and potential material for present and impending commercial applications.
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Ibrahim, S., Ibraheem, S., Yasin, G., Kumar, A., Tabish, M., Nguyen, T.A. (2022). Carbon Nanotubes: General Introduction. In: Abraham, J., Thomas, S., Kalarikkal, N. (eds) Handbook of Carbon Nanotubes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70614-6_26-1
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