title: Recent progress on the synthesis and applications of carbon based nanostructures.
abstract: This article reviews the latest developments in the synthesis of Graphene, Carbon nanotubes and graphene/CNT based devices based on patents, patent applications and articles published in the last two years. A brief introduction about CNT and Graphene is presented, followed by the latest techniques and advanced processing for the large scale synthesis of Graphene and CNTs. Furthermore, a brief account of emerging devices based on applications of CNTs and graphene not limited to sensors, high speed electronics, energy harvesting and storage applications are presented.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Materials and Devices Laboratory, Department of Physics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rajavel
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Minitha
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Ranjith
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Rajendra Kumar
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D004581:Electronics; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D010330:Patents as Topic
chemical_list: D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D002244:Carbon; D006108:Graphite