Table Of ContentENGINEERED CARBON
NANOTUBES AND
NANOFIBROUS MATERIALS
Integrating Theory and Technique
AAP Research Notes on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
ENGINEERED CARBON
NANOTUBES AND
NANOFIBROUS MATERIALS
Integrating Theory and Technique
Edited by
A. K. Haghi
Praveen K. M.
Sabu Thomas
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ABOUT THE AAP RESEARCH
NOTES ON NANOSCIENCE &
NANOTECHNOLOGY BOOK SERIES:
AAP Research Notes on Nanoscience & Nanotechnology reports on research
development in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology for academic
institutes and industrial sectors interested in advanced research.
Editor-in-Chief: A. K. Haghi, PhD
Associate Member of University of Ottawa, Canada;
Member of Canadian Research and Development Center of Sciences
and Cultures. Email: [email protected]
Editorial Board:
Georges Geuskens, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemistry and Polymers,
Universite de Libre de Brussel, Belgium
Vladimir I. Kodolov, DSc
Professor and Head, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology,
M. I. Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University, Izhevsk, Russia
Victor Manuel de Matos Lobo, PhD
Professor, Coimbra University, Coimbra, Portugal
Richard A. Pethrick, PhD, DSc
Research Professor and Professor Emeritus, Department of Pure and Applied
Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Mathew Sebastian, MD
Senior Consultant Surgeon, Elisabethinen Hospital, Klagenfurt, Austria;
Austrian Association for Ayurveda
Charles Wilkie, PhD
Professor, Polymer and Organic Chemistry, Marquette University, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, USA
BOOKS IN THE AAP RESEARCH
NOTES ON NANOSCIENCE &
NANOTECHNOLOGY BOOK SERIES:
• Nanostructure, Nanosystems and Nanostructured Materials:
Theory, Production, and Development
Editors: P. M. Sivakumar, PhD, Vladimir I. Kodolov, DSc,
Gennady E. Zaikov, DSc, A. K. Haghi, PhD
• Nanostructures, Nanomaterials, and Nanotechnologies to Nanoindustry
Editors: Vladimir I. Kodolov, DSc, Gennady E. Zaikov, DSc,
and A. K. Haghi, PhD
• Foundations of Nanotechnology: Volume 1: Pore Size in Carbon-Based
Nano-Adsorbents
A. K. Haghi, PhD, Sabu Thomas, PhD, and Moein MehdiPour MirMahaleh
• Foundations of Nanotechnology: Volume 2: Nanoelements Formation
and Interaction
Sabu Thomas, PhD, Saeedeh Rafiei, Shima Maghsoodlou, and Arezo Afzali
• Foundations of Nanotechnology: Volume 3: Mechanics of Carbon
Nanotubes
Saeedeh Rafiei
• Engineered Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibrous Material:
Integrating Theory and Technique
Editors: A. K. Haghi, PhD, Praveen K. M., and Sabu Thomas, PhD
• Carbon Nanotubes and Nanoparticles: Current and Potential
Applications
Editors: Alexander V. Vakhrushev, DSc, V. I. Kodolov, DSc,
A. K. Haghi, PhD, and Suresh C. Ameta, PhD
• Advances in Nanotechnology and the Environmental Sciences:
Applications, Innovations, and Visions for the Future
Editors: Alexander V. Vakhrushev, DSc, Suresh C. Ameta, PhD,
Heru Susanto, PhD, and A. K. Haghi, PhD
• Chemical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: New Materials and
Modern Techniques
Editors: Francisco Torrens, PhD, A. K. Haghi, PhD,
and Tanmoy Chakraborty, PhD
CONTENTS
About the Editors ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ix
Contributors ......................................................................................... xi
Preface ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� xiii
List of Abbreviations ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������xv
1. Carbon Nanotubes and Its Applications in Diverse
Areas of Science and Engineering: A Critical Overview ......... 1
Sukanchan Palit
2. Engineered Nanomaterials, Nanomaterials, and
Carbon Nanotubes: A Vision for the Future ........................... 29
Sukanchan Palit
3. Surface Characteristics of Ionic Liquid-modified
Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube-based Styrene-
Butadiene Rubber Nanocomposites: Contact Angle Studies ... 55
Jiji Abraham, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Soney C. George,
and Sabu Thomas
4. Progress on Carbon Nanotube Pull-Out Simulation
with Particular Application on Polymer Matrix via
Finite Element Model Method ................................................. 73
M. Esmaeili, R. Ansari, and A. K. Haghi
5. Environmental Engineering Applications of Carbon
Nanotubes: A Critical Overview and a Vision for the
Future ....................................................................................... 101
Sukanchan Palit
6. Advances in Carbon Nanotube-based Conducting
Polymer Composites ............................................................... 127
Sajid Iqbal, Rangnath Ravi, Anujit Ghosal,
Jaydeep Bhattacharya, and Sharif Ahmad
viii Contents
7. Carbon Nanotubes-based Adsorbent: An Efficient
Water Purification Technology .............................................. 143
Rangnath Ravi, Sajid Iqbal, Anujit Ghosal, and Sharif Ahmad
8. Polylactic Acid/Carbon Nanotubes-based
Nanocomposites for Biomedical Applications ...................... 167
Fahmina Zafar, Eram Sharmin, Hina Zafar, and Nahid Nishat
9. 3D Image Processing in Structural Characterization
of Electrospun Nanofibrous Membranes .............................. 187
Bentolhoda Hadavi Moghadam, Shohreh Kasaei, and A. K. Haghi
Index ................................................................................................. 243
ABOUT THE EDITORS
A. K. Haghi, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Engineering Sciences,
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Chemoinformatics and
Chemical Engineering and Polymers Research Journal;
Member, Canadian Research and Development Center of Sciences and
Cultures (CRDCSC), Montreal
A. K. Haghi, PhD, is the author and editor of 165 books as well as 1000
published papers in various journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Haghi
has received several grants, consulted for a number of major corporations,
and is a frequent speaker to national and international audiences. Since
1983, he served as professor at several universities. He is currently Editor-
in-Chief of the International Journal of Chemoinformatics and Chemical
Engineering and Polymers Research Journal and on the editorial boards of
many international journals. He is also a member of the Canadian Research
and Development Center of Sciences and Cultures (CRDCSC), Montreal,
Quebec, Canada. He holds a BSc in urban and environmental engineering
from the University of North Carolina (USA), an MSc in mechanical
engineering from North Carolina A&T State University (USA), a DEA
in applied mechanics, acoustics, and materials from the Université de
Technologie de Compiègne (France), and a PhD in engineering sciences
from Université de Franche-Comté (France).
Praveen K. M.
University of South Brittany (Université de Bretagne Sud)—Laboratory
IRDL PTR1, Research Center “Christiaan Huygens,” Lorient, France
Praveen K. M. is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at
SAINTGITS College of Engineering, India. He is currently pursuing a PhD
in Engineering Sciences at the University of South Brittany (Université
de Bretagne Sud)—Laboratory IRDL PTR1, Research Center “Christiaan
Huygens,” in Lorient, France, in the area of coir-based polypropylene
