Nanostructured materials: synthesis, properties and applications

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Carbon nanotubes (a graphene sheet rolled-up into a nanometer -a billionth of a meter- diameter tube) and nanoparticles (particles of which size is in the nanometer range) are among the most scientifically-exciting and technologically-promising materials in the wider family of Nanostructured materials (NSMs). Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and nanoparticles (NPs) are at the heart of the highly-competitive worldwide research effort that continues not only to reveal their extraordinary properties/astonishing behaviors but also to demonstrate their potential for breakthrough applications in various fields (ranging from nanoelectronics to nanocomposites or drug delivery nanovectors). The development of novel synthesis methods that will permit a better control of the nanostructural characteristics of these CNTs/NPs, the ability to achieve their selective purification and their assembly are among the challenging issues that still hinder the exploitation of their full potential. These are also essential to access the intrinsic properties of CNTs/NPs in order to achieve better understanding of their fundamental nanostructure-properties relationship.