Carbon Nano Structures & Devices

Novel nanocarbon-based, lightweight, flexible EMI shield

Strobl K., Monville M., Banerjee S., Chang S., Jayasinghe C., Sprengard J., CVD Equipment Corporation, US

The EMI shielding capability of a material depends primarily on its electrical conductivity, its magnetic permeability, the frequency of an electromagnetic wave of interest, the total surface area of the material and its thickness related [...]

Carbon Nanostructured Advanced Cable Shielding Technologies

Harvey S., Shah T., Dutton P., Morber J., Lockheed Martin, US

Applied NanoStructured Solutions, LLC (ANS) has developed a technology to continuously grow and infuse Carbon Nanostructures (CNS) directly on fiber substrates. ANS has designed and constructed a modular, scalable manufacturing line and demonstrated infusion onto [...]

The Effect of Thermal Annealing Processes on Graphene

Kumar K., Kim Y-S, Li X., Tian Y., Pallikaras A., Yang E.H., Stevens Institute of Technology, US

We demonstrate the impact of PMMA removal from CVD graphene by annealing in H2/Ar and ambient atmospheres as well as under vacuum on the Raman spectra and AFM topography of graphene. We find a broad [...]

Development of rapid aptasensor using graphene oxide and 1,1’-oxalyldiimidazole chemiluminescence detection

Kwun J., Yun S., Lee J-H., Luminescent MD, LLC, US

Highly selective and sensitive aptasensor capable of rapidly quantifying Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the presence of Vibio cholera and Vibrio vulnificus was developed using an specific DNA aptamer, graphene oxide and 1,1’-oxalyldiimidazole chemiluminescence (ODI CL) detection. [...]

Nano Graphene Oxide as Drug Carrier for Antihypertensive Agent: Benazepril, Captopril and Losartan

Wang J., Long Y., Tao C., Liu H., Zhu H., Zhou X., National University of Defense Technology, CN

Graphene oxide (GO) offers large surface and novel biocompatible properties that are currently being explored for advanced drug carriers. GO has a one-atom-thick two dimensional carbon system, which contains several kinds of oxygen functional groups [...]

Graphene/PDMS composites for optical heating on microfluidic chips

Tao C., Lv Y., Liu H., Hu Z., Zhu H., Wang J., National University of Defense Technology, CN

Microfluidic chips have attracted extensive attention from both industrial and academic communities due to its virtues of miniaturization, integration, automation. Nowadays, simple and economical means of photothermal conversion on microfluidic chips are strongly desired.In this [...]

Ultratough Artificial Nacre Based on Conjugated Cross-linked Graphene Oxide

Cheng Q., Beihang University, CN

In this work, inspired by the relationship of excellent toughness and hierarchical nano-/micro-scale structure of natural nacre, we developed a novel strategy for fabricating the integration of ultratough and high strength artificial nacre based on [...]

Fabrication and Characterization of 3-D Graphene-CNT Architectures Towards Supercapacitor Applications

Kim Y-S, Kumar K., Li X., Fisher F.T., Yang E.H., Stevens Institute of Technology, US

This work describes the first steps towards fabrication and characterization of a novel hybrid nanostructure comprised of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) grown out-of-plane from graphene layers for supercapacitor applications. Graphene is a promising material for supercapacitors, [...]

Storage capacity in Graphene and blends of Graphene EDLC

Subramaniam C.K., Boopalan G., Velayutham G., Bollepalli S., VIT University, IN

EDLC’s Electrochemical Double Layer Capacitor form excellent energy storage device for high power applications with added advantage of avoidance of electrolyte leaks, improved reliability and packaging to suit different applications, when we use a solid [...]