Micromachines (Nov 2021)

Recent Insights and Multifactorial Applications of Carbon Nanotubes

  • Muthu Thiruvengadam,
  • Govindasamy Rajakumar,
  • Venkata Swetha,
  • Mohammad Azam Ansari,
  • Saad Alghamdi,
  • Mazen Almehmadi,
  • Mustafa Halawi,
  • Lakshmanan Kungumadevi,
  • Vaishnavi Raja,
  • Sulthana Sabura Sarbudeen,
  • Saranya Madhavan,
  • Maksim Rebezov,
  • Mohammad Ali Shariati,
  • Alexandr Sviderskiy,
  • Konstantin Bogonosov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12121502
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 12
p. 1502

Abstract

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Nanotechnology has undergone significant development in recent years, particularly in the fabrication of sensors with a wide range of applications. The backbone of nanotechnology is nanostructures, which are determined on a nanoscale. Nanoparticles are abundant throughout the universe and are thought to be essential building components in the process of planet creation. Nanotechnology is generally concerned with structures that are between 1 and 100 nm in at least one dimension and involves the production of materials or electronics that are that small. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are carbon-based nanomaterials that have the structure of tubes. Carbon nanotubes are often referred to as the kings of nanomaterials. The diameter of carbon is determined in nanometers. They are formed from graphite sheets and are available in a variety of colors. Carbon nanotubes have a number of characteristics, including high flexibility, good thermal conductivity, low density, and chemical stability. Carbon nanotubes have played an important part in nanotechnology, semiconductors, optical and other branches of materials engineering owing to their remarkable features. Several of the applications addressed in this review have already been developed and used to benefit people worldwide. CNTs have been discussed in several domains, including industry, construction, adsorption, sensors, silicon chips, water purifiers, and biomedical uses, to show many treatments such as injecting CNTs into kidney cancers in rats, drug delivery, and directing a near-infrared laser at the cancers. With the orderly development of research in this field, additional therapeutic modalities will be identified, mainly for dispersion and densification techniques and targeted drug delivery systems for managing and curing posterior cortical atrophy. This review discusses the characteristics of carbon nanotubes as well as therapeutic applications such as medical diagnostics and drug delivery.

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