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Carbon nanotube: History & Applications

A carbon nanotube (CNT) is a tube made of carbon with a diameter in the nanometre range (nanoscale). They are one of the allotropes of carbon. Two broad classes of carbon nanotubes are recognized:

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Carbon nanotube topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Applications as prominent areas in the source structure around Carbon nanotube.

Related topics
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Source areas
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Connected nodes
219
Extracted relationships
242
Related term clusters
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Bridge connections
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What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Applications · 42 topics
Properties · 40 topics
Variants · 26 topics
Overview · 20 topics
Metrology · 16 topics
Physical limits · 14 topics
History · 9 topics
Functionalization · 8 topics
Synthesis · 7 topics
Purification · 6 topics
Safety and health · 6 topics
Structure of SWCNTs · 5 topics
Types · 5 topics
Modeling · 1 topics

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Overview

History

Structure of SWCNTs

Types

Physical limits

Variants

Properties

Synthesis

Purification

Functionalization

Modeling

Metrology

Safety and health

Applications

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How Carbon nanotube connects Entity context

The extracted context around Carbon nanotube shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Carbon nanotube → Additive, Amroy Europe Oy, Another, Applications, Bitumen, Carbon, CNT, CNTs, Cu, Damascus, Easton-Bell Sports, Electrodes, Eliminating, Energy, Engineering Fair Gordon, Gecko, GPa, Hybtonite, IMEC, Inc Another extracted example is Carbon nanotube → Although CNT, Authorization, Based, Chemicals, CNT, Current Intelligence Bulletin, EU, European Union's Registration, Evaluation, Health, Increase, Mitsui-7, MWCNTs, National Institute, NIOSH, Occupational Safety, OCSiAl, October, REACH, RELs. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Carbon nanotube

Top relations

has application · 43
Carbon nanotube → Additive, Amroy Europe Oy, Another, Applications, Bitumen, Carbon, CNT, CNTs, Cu, Damascus, Easton-Bell Sports, Electrodes, Eliminating, Energy, Engineering Fair Gordon, Gecko, GPa, Hybtonite, IMEC, Inc
related to Safety and health · 27
Carbon nanotube → Although CNT, Authorization, Based, Chemicals, CNT, Current Intelligence Bulletin, EU, European Union's Registration, Evaluation, Health, Increase, Mitsui-7, MWCNTs, National Institute, NIOSH, Occupational Safety, OCSiAl, October, REACH, RELs
related to Synthesis · 20
Carbon nanotube → Among, Annealing, Chemical Vapor Deposition, CNT, CNT/mm2, CNTs, Co, CVD, Fe, Ferrocene, HiPCO, Ni, One, Techniques, The CVD, The HiPCO, Thinner, Typically, Using, Vertically
related to history · 16
Carbon nanotube → Carbon, Cold War, Journal, Kuznetsov, Lukyanovich, Marc Monthioux, Monthioux, NEC, Physical Chemistry Of Russia, Radushkevich, Russian, Soviet, Sumio Iijima, Though Iijima, Vladimir Kuznetsov, Western
related to Multi-walled · 14
Carbon nanotube → CCVD, CNT, Covalent, Double-walled, DWNT, DWNTs, Multi-walled, MWNT, MWNTs, Parchment, Russian Doll, SWNT, SWNTs, The Russian Doll
related to Electrical · 8
Carbon nanotube → A/cm2, Brillouin, Carbon, Likewise, SWCNT, SWCNTs, Thus, Unlike
related to Thermal · 8
Carbon nanotube → Crystallographic, Macroscopic, Measurements, Networks, Phonon, Stone, SWNT, Wales
related to Purification · 7
Carbon nanotube → ATPE, Certain, CNTs, DGU, Separation, Synthesized, Therefore
related to Physicochemical factors affecting carbon nanotube toxicity · 6
Carbon nanotube → Aspect, CNTs, DNA, ERK1/2, Long, Smad2/3
related to Mechanical · 5
Carbon nanotube → Although, Carbon, CNT, CNTs, GPa

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Important terminology

carbon nanotubes nanotube cnts properties swcnts graphene used applications using one cnt structure two diameter electrical high optical single-walled also

Carbon nanotube relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 242 structured relationships around Carbon nanotube. Examples in this analysis include iron → instance of → and Bethune and colleagues at IBM independently discovered that co-vaporising carbon and transition metals and magnetic moment → instance of → Properties. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ironinstance ofand Bethune and colleagues at IBM independently discovered that co-vaporising carbon and transition metals0.80text
cobalt could specifically catalyse SWCNT formationinstance ofand Bethune and colleagues at IBM independently discovered that co-vaporising carbon and transition metals0.80text
magnetic momentinstance ofProperties0.80text
thermal stabilityinstance ofProperties0.80text
etc. vary widely depending on the radius of the torusinstance ofProperties0.80text
the radius of the tube.Graphenated carbon nanotubes are a relatively new hybrid that combines graphitic foliates grown along the sidewalls of multiwalled or bamboo-style CNTsinstance ofProperties0.80text
copperinstance of000 times greater than those of metals0.80text
where for copper interconnectsinstance of000 times greater than those of metals0.80text
current densities are limited by electromigrationinstance of000 times greater than those of metals0.80text
FeCl3 or electron-deficient metallocenes function as p-type dopants because they draw π-electrons away from the top of the valence band.Intrinsic superconductivity has been reportedinstance ofπ-electron acceptors0.80text
although other experiments found no evidence of thisinstance ofπ-electron acceptors0.80text
leaving the claim a subject of debate.In 2021instance ofπ-electron acceptors0.80text

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Carbon nanotube bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Nanotubes, Nanotube and Properties. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Carbon nanotube
    • Nanotubes
    • Nanotube
    • Properties
    • Single-walled
    • Using
    • Multi-walled
    • Strength
    • Used
    • Materials
    • Material
    • Diameter
    • Electrical
  • carbon nanotube
    • Nanotubes
    • Nanotube
    • Type
    • Structure
    • Properties
    • Single-walled
    • Using
    • Multi-walled
    • Diameter
    • Tube
    • Strength
    • Used
  • allotropes of carbon
    • Nanotubes
    • Nanotube
    • Properties
    • Single-walled
    • Using
    • Multi-walled
    • Strength
    • Used
    • Materials
    • Material
    • Diameter
    • Also
  • electrical conductivity
    • Thermal
    • Optical
    • Properties
    • Electrical
    • Individual
    • Structures
    • Swcnts
    • Also
    • Swcnt
    • High
    • Functionalization
    • Semiconducting
  • carbon fibres
    • Nanotubes
    • Nanotube
    • Properties
    • Single-walled
    • Using
    • Multi-walled
    • Strength
    • Used
    • Materials
    • Material
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    • Also
  • carbon nanoparticles
    • Nanotubes
    • Nanotube
    • Properties
    • Single-walled
    • Using
    • Multi-walled
    • Strength
    • Used
    • Materials
    • Material
    • Diameter
    • Also
  • three-dimensional carbon nanotube architectures
    • Nanotubes
    • Nanotube
    • Type
    • Structure
    • Properties
    • Single-walled
    • Using
    • Multi-walled
    • Diameter
    • Tube
    • Strength
    • Used
  • carbon nanobuds
    • Nanotubes
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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Carbon nanotube, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Carbon nanotube with Applications. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Carbon nanotube — Applications · splits 177 ⟂ 43
Carbon nanotube — Properties · splits 179 ⟂ 41
Carbon nanotube — Variants · splits 193 ⟂ 27
Carbon nanotube — Overview · splits 199 ⟂ 21
Carbon nanotube — Metrology · splits 203 ⟂ 17
Carbon nanotube — Physical limits · splits 205 ⟂ 15
Carbon nanotube — History · splits 210 ⟂ 10
Carbon nanotube — Functionalization · splits 211 ⟂ 9
Carbon nanotube — Synthesis · splits 212 ⟂ 8
Carbon nanotube — Purification · splits 213 ⟂ 7
Carbon nanotube — Safety and health · splits 213 ⟂ 7
Carbon nanotube — Structure of SWCNTs · splits 214 ⟂ 6
Carbon nanotube — Types · splits 214 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

Carbon nanotube

Nodes220
Edges219
Triples242
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009091
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Carbon nanotube to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Applications, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Carbon nanotube · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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