Engineered Magnetic Carbon-Based Adsorbents for the Removal of Water Priority Pollutants: An Overview by H. E. Reynel-Ávila, K. I. Camacho-Aguilar, A. Bonilla-Petriciolet, D. I. Mendoza-Castillo, H. A. González-Ponce, R. Trejo-Valencia

“…Different preparation routes to obtain magnetic adsorbents from activated carbon, biochar, hydrochar, graphene, carbon dots, carbon nanotubes, and carbon nanocages, including the magnetic phase incorporated on the solid surface, are described and discussed. …”
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Analysis of Metallic Nanoparticles (Cu, Al2O3, and SWCNTs) on Magnetohydrodynamics Water-Based Nanofluid through a Porous Medium by P. K. Pattnaik, S. K. Parida, S. R. Mishra, M. Ali Abbas, M. M. Bhatti

“…In this communication, the effect of the addition of the copper (Cu), aluminum oxide (Al2O3), and single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) metallic nanoparticles on the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) water-based flow over a porous elastic surface is explored. …”
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Design and Fabrication of Flexible Nanoantenna-Based Sensor Using Graphene-Coated Carbon Cloth by Senthil Kumar Kandasamy, S. Maheswaran, S. Anbu Karuppusamy, J. Indra, R. Anand, P. Rega, A. Kavitha, K. Immanuvel Arokia James, Kasthuri Nehru, K. Kathiresan

“…Recently, nanodiamonds, graphene, and carbon nanotubes are served as electrodes, hydrogen storage elements, and composite materials. …”
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Resistance of conductive FFF 3D printed compounds based on thermoplastic elastomers under repeated strain by Alexandra Glogowsky, Michael Korger, Sofie Huysman, Maike Rabe

“…Different carbon based additives, such as carbon black (CB) materials optimized for conductivity and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT), as well as short metal fibres are investigated for this purpose. …”
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Performance and emissions of diesel engine combustion lubricated with Jatropha bio-lubricant and MWCNT additive by Rajendra Uppar, P. Dinesha, Shiva Kumar

“…This study evaluates epoxidized jatropha oil (EJA) enhanced with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) as a bio-lubricant for compression ignition engines. …”
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Structural and Morphological Studies of V2O5/MWCNTs and ZrO2/MWCNTs Composites as Photocatalysts by Sajid Iqbal, Tanveer Hussain Bokhari, Shoomaila Latif, Muhammad Imran, Ayesha Javaid, Liviu Mitu

“…The present study outlines the synthesis of transition metal oxide- (TMO-) multiwall carbon nanotubes- (MWCNTs-) based composites for photocatalytic application. …”
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Density Functional Study of the Adsorption of Methanol and its Derivatives on Boron Nitride Nanotubes by Ali Ahmadi Peyghan, Maziar Noei

“…The study results showed that molecules of methanol can be chemically adsorbed on top of a sidewall B atom with an adsorption energy of −0.67 eV, which is stronger than that of carbon nanotubes. When using different derivatives of methanol, the adsorption energies and charge transfer from the adsorbate to the BNNT depending on the electron-withdrawing or electron-donating capability of the subgroups within the derivatives. …”
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On Local Stability Loss of Modified Composites with Whiskerized Fibers by G. I. Kriven, D. S. Shavelkin

“…An example of a composite material made up of carbon fibers, a whiskerized layer of carbon nanotubes with an epoxy matrix, and an epoxy matrix was considered. …”
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Hybrid solar cells from water-soluble polymers by James T. McLeskey, Qiquan Qiao

“…To date, solar cells in three different configurations have been produced: titanium dioxide (TiO2) bilayer cells, TiO2 bulk heterojunction solar cells, and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in bulk heterojunctions. The best performance thus far has been achieved with TiO2 bilayer devices. …”
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Recent advances in carbon-based adsorbent materials for ammonium removal from water by Ali Akbar Said, Mauliza Lisa, Rizki Fazli Rahmad

“…Biochars, particularly those modified with NaOH and Mg2+, show improved capacities, especially when combined with heterotrophic nitrifying bacteria (HNB). Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), especially multi-walled CNTs, demonstrate superior adsorption capabilities. …”
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A Study on the Strengthening Performance of Concrete Beam by Fiber-Reinforced Polyurea (FRPU) Reinforcement by Jun-Hyuk Song, Eun-Taik Lee, Hee-Chang Eun

“…Moreover, the load-carrying capacity and mechanical behavior of all specimens were compared according to the content of the steel fibers, milled glass fibers, or carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Specimens reinforced using polyurea or FRPU were confirmed to retain the load-carrying capacity and flexural ductility to a certain degree after concrete failure at the tension face of the midspan section. …”
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London dispersion forces and steric effects within nanocomposites tune interaction energies and chain conformation by Baode Zhang, Snežana D. Zarić, Sonja S. Zrilić, Iosif Gofman, Barbara Heck, Günter Reiter

“…Aromatic polyimides (PI) and carbon nanotubes (CNT) were chosen as building blocks as two components in the hetero delocalized electron nanostructures. …”
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Oligonucleotides as a Novel Therapeutic Approach: An Innovative Area for Drug Delivery in Neurological Disorders by Yasir Qasim Almajidi, Rana Kadum Muslim, Yaseen T. khalf

“…To overcome this pitfall, this review focuses on oligonucleotide-based novel strategies including liposomes, carbon nanotubes, quantum dots, solid lipid nanoparticles, nano lipid carriers, polymeric nanoparticles, mesoporous silica, dendrimers, aptamers, nanobodies etc. …”
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Thermal Management Approach to Stabilization of Disordered Active Sites for Sabatier Reaction by Delong Duan, Di Wu, Hongwei Shou, Chuansheng Hu, Canyu Hu, Min Zhou, Ran Long, Yingpu Bi, Yujie Xiong

“…Specifically, an efficient and stable catalytic system is developed by integrating urchin‐like Ru nanoparticles with disordered active sites (d‐RuNUs) and multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) as heat transfer framework, which achieves a CH4 yield of 3.3 mol g−1 h−1 with nearly 100% selectivity in 12 h. …”
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A Feasibility Study for Microwave Breast Cancer Detection Using Contrast-Agent-Loaded Bacterial Microbots by Yifan Chen, Panagiotis Kosmas, Sylvain Martel

“…Motivated by these useful properties, we suggest loading a nanoscale microwave contrast agent such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) or ferroelectric nanoparticles (FNPs) onto the MTB in order to modify the dielectric properties of tissues near the agent-loaded bacteria. …”
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Effect of Different Nucleating Agents on the Crystallization of Ziegler-Natta Isotactic Polypropylene by Felipe Avalos-Belmontes, Luis Francisco Ramos-deValle, Adriana Berenice Espinoza-Martínez, Juan Guillermo Martínez-Colunga, Eduardo Ramírez-Vargas, Saul Sánchez-Valdés, Jose Carlos Ortíz-Cisneros, Esperanza Elizabeth Martínez-Segovia, Flora Itzel Beltrán-Ramírez

“…Ziegler-Natta isotactic polypropylene (iPP) was melt mixed with four different nucleating agents (carbon nanotubes (CNT), carbon nanofibers (CNF), lithium benzoate (LiBe), and a sorbitol derivative (Millad)) in order to study their effect on the crystallization of iPP. …”
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MWCNT/SiO2 Hybrid Nano‐PCM for Ultrafast Solar Cookers: An Experimental Study by T. Sathish, Jayant Giri, R. Saravanan, Zafar Said, Moaz Al‐lehaibi

“…Specifically, multi‐walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and silicon oxide (SiO2) nanoparticles were incorporated into the PCM at a 2% concentration, with 1% each of MWCNT and SiO2. …”
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Investigation of MWCNT Reinforcement on the Strain Hardening Behavior of Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene by Hassan Mahfuz, Mujibur R. Khan, Theodora Leventouri, Efthymios Liarokapis

“…We have investigated strain hardening behavior of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) reinforced with 2.0 wt% loading of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). A solution spinning process was used to produce neat and MWCNT-reinforced filaments of UHMWPE. …”
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Research on thermal aging characteristics of silicone rubber composite materials for dry-type distribution transformers by Li Woyang, Zhou Lijun, Qian Yunyun, Lei Qian, Xia Yingyi, Wang Dongyang

“…The silicone rubber composite material doped with 21.42 phr h-BN, 1.58 phr carbon nanotubes, and 2.67 phr Al2O3, based on the optimal initial performance, is projected to have a lifetime of 3,128 h under accelerated thermal aging at 200°C and 27.40 years under stable operating conditions of D-DTs, making it suitable for widespread application.…”
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Functionalized Activated Carbon Derived from Biomass for Photocatalysis Applications Perspective by Samira Bagheri, Nurhidayatullaili Muhd Julkapli, Sharifah Bee Abd Hamid

“…Therefore, proper attention has been given to develop supported semiconductor catalysts and certain matrixes of carbon materials such as carbon nanotubes, carbon microspheres, carbon nanofibers, carbon black, and activated carbons have been recently considered and reported. …”
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