Tailoring environment friendly carbon nanostructures by surfactant mediated interfacial engineering

Abstract

Since the discoveries of fullerene and carbon nanotube, carbon nanostructures have become one of the most exciting and expanding research topics. Owing to the extraordinary physical, chemical, electrical, and mechanical properties, carbon nanostructures have been considered as promising candidate materials for diverse energy storage/conversion systems, sensors, biological media, and electronic devices. Herein, the typical fabrication procedures for carbon nanostructures using interfacial engineering such as emulsion, dispersion, and vapor deposition are summarized. On the other hand, the characteristics and performances of those carbon nanomaterials as major components for numerous devices are briefly described. In addition, the impressive recent progresses will also be highlighted concisely. (C) 2015 The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.