Carbon Nanotubes — Research & Applications
Overview Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are cylindrical nanostructures formed from rolled graphene sheets — allotropes of carbon with remarkable physical properties that make them one of the most studied materials in modern science. This project is a structured research effort into their properties, synthesis methods, and real-world applications — particularly in areas where their combination of electrical conductivity, tensile strength, and thermal properties creates genuinely novel possibilities. Why Carbon Nanotubes The numbers are striking. CNTs have a tensile strength estimated at 100 times that of steel at a fraction of the weight. They can behave as either metallic conductors or semiconductors depending on their chirality — the angle at which the graphene sheet is rolled. Their thermal conductivity exceeds that of diamond along the tube axis. ...