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Research Advances of Bio-Inspired Carbon Nanotubes-Based Sensors

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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) possess superior mechanical, physical and chemical properties that make them ideal candidates for making sensors. However, challenges restricting their widespread applications in sensors still exist. To make the CNTs-based sensors own higher performance, nature has offered us with scientific and technological clues from the formation of biological composites using common organic components via naturally mild approaches. This paper reviews the recent progress on the bio-inspired synthesis of the CNTs-based sensors and their unique structures and novel properties.

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    Chengzhi Luo & Chunxu Pan

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Luo, C., Pan, C. Research Advances of Bio-Inspired Carbon Nanotubes-Based Sensors. MRS Advances 3, 1–11 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1557/adv.2017.629

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