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ReviewMicromachines2024

A Concise Review of Recent Advancements in Carbon Nanotubes for Aerospace Applications.

Silvia Zecchi, Giovanni Cristoforo, Erik Piatti, Daniele Torsello, Gianluca Ghigo, Alberto Tagliaferro, Carlo Rosso, Mattia Bartoli

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Review in Micromachines, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Silvia ZecchiDepartment of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4443-9790
Giovanni CristoforoDepartment of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy.
Erik PiattiDepartment of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8733-5230
Daniele TorselloDepartment of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9551-1716
Gianluca GhigoDepartment of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3368-1319
Alberto TagliaferroDepartment of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1607-5624
Carlo RossoDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4475-902X
Mattia BartoliConsorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali (INSTM), Via G. Giusti 9, 50121 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4678-0212

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted significant attention in the scientific community and in the industrial environment due to their unique structure and remarkable properties, including mechanical strength, thermal stability, electrical conductivity, and chemical inertness. Despite their potential, large-scale applications have been limited by challenges such as high production costs and catalyst contamination. In aerospace applications, CNTs have demonstrated considerable promise either in the form of thin layers or as reinforcements in polymer and metal matrices, where they enhance mechanical, thermal, and electromagnetic performance in lightweight composites. In this short review, we provide an overview of CNTs' properties and structures, explore CNT growth methods, with a focus on chemical vapor deposition (CVD), and examine their integration into aerospace materials both as films and as multifunctional reinforcements.

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CNTscompositesCVDnanomaterials

Identifiers

PMID39858708
PMCPMC11767980

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