Table 1.
Electro-responsive carbon nanohybrids discussed in this review.
| Application | Composition | Synthetic Approach | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon Portion | Polymeric Portion | |||
| Conducting material | SWNT | PMMA | Melt processing | [86] |
| PMMA | Coagulation | [87] | ||
| CNT | PVP | Wrapping | [96] | |
| GO | PDMAEMA | ATRP | [134] | |
| Biomedical device | MWNT | Pluronic F127 | Wrapping | [88] |
| Gelatine | Wrapping | [88] | ||
| PVP/PVA | Wrapping | [95] | ||
| P(AAm-co-EBA) | Thermal polymerization | [100] | ||
| SWNT | PPy/PEGDA | Redox/Thermal polymerization | [102] | |
| CNT | P(NIPAAm-co-MEBA) | Dispersion | [97] | |
| GO | Cyclodextrin-dye complex | Mixing | [140] | |
| PS | PEP | [154] | ||
| rGO | SAP and IBP | Mixing | [144] | |
| Drug delivery system | MWNT | PVA/PAA | Electrospinning | [98] |
| IPN(PEO/PPETA) | Photo-polymerization | [101] | ||
| P(Gelatine-co-NaMA-co-EBA) | Thermal polymerization | [104] | ||
| P(MAA-co-EGDMA) | Thermal polymerization | [107] | ||
| P(MAA-co-EBA) | Thermal polymerization | [109,110] | ||
| P(Gelatine-co-AAm-co-EBA) | Photo-polymerization | [111] | ||
| Cellulose | Mixing | [113] | ||
| CNT | PVA | Mixing | [112] | |
| GO/rGO | α-Cyclodextrin/Pluronic F-127 | Mixing | [141] | |
| GO | KGM/SA | Mixing | [142] | |
| RGD-chitosan | Mixing | [143] | ||
| Chitosan | Condensation | [148] | ||
| PPy | Electro-polymerization | [149] | ||
| PEI | Condensation | [150] | ||
| PVCL | ATRP | [152] | ||
| IPN(PEO/NIPAAm-co-MEBA) | Condensation | [153] | ||
| rGO | PVA | Mixing | [146] | |
| JPT/PEGDE | Radical polymerization | [155] | ||
| Electrical sensor | MWNT | Gelatine | Wrapping | [89,90] |
| C8-LPEI/EGDGE | Mixing | [99] | ||
| SWNT | PEGDA | Photo-polymerization | [103] | |
| Photosensitisers release | GO | HA | Condensation | [151] |
CNT = carbon nanotubes; MWNT = multi-walled carbon nanotubes; SWNT = single-walled carbon nanotubes; GO = graphene oxide; GP = graphene; rGO = reduced graphene oxide; AAm = acrylamide; C8-LPEI = octyl modified linear polyethylenimine; EBA = N,N'-ethylenebisacrylamide; EGDMA = ethylene glycol dimethacrylate; EGDGE = ethylene glycol diglycidyl ether; HA= hyaluronic acid; IBP = hyperbranched polymer; IPN = interpenetrating polymer network; JPT= Jeffamine polyetheramine; KGM= konjac glucomannan; MAA = methacrylic acid; NaMA = sodium methacrylate; NIPAAm = N-isopropyl-acrylamide; MEBA = N,N'-methylenebisacrylamide; PDMAEMA = poly-2-(dimethylamino)ethyl-methacrylate; PEGDA = polyethylene glycol diacrylate; PEGDE = polyethylene glycol diglycidyl ether; PEI = poly-ethylenimine; PEO = polyethylene oxide; PMMA = polymethylmethacrylate; PPETA = polypentaerythritol triacrylate; PPy = polypyrrole; PS = polystyrene; PVA = polyvinyl alcohol; PVCL = poly-N-vinyl caprolactam; PVP = polyvinylpyrrolidone; SA= sodium alginate; SAP= superadsorbent polymer; ATRP = atom transfer radical polymerization; PEP = Pickering emulsion polymerization.