Structural analysis of x-ray irradiated carbon nanostructures

One of the new and promising applications of carbon nanostructures CNs are various dosimetry devices Namely these devices based on carbon nanostructures can provide the possibility for device miniaturization lower costs and high scale manufacturing So very important factors for the device processing need a quantitative study of the effects of relatively lower doses of X ray irradiation on the carbon nanostructures In this study we present the effects of relatively low doses of x ray irradiation on the physical and chemical properties of three carbon based nanostructures multiwall carbon nanotubes MWCNTs graphene G hybrid G MWCNTs We have used a range of characterization techniques including scanning electron microscopy Raman and FTIR spectroscopy thermal and particle size analysis Specifically it was found that irradiation exposure results in a reduction in the sp nature of all three carbon based nanostructures nbsp