ABSTRACT
Undoubtedly, the distinguishing properties of carbon nanomaterials, particularly carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphenes, have vividly guaranteed several imminent applications in laboratory scale and market place. Carbon nanomaterials that have been modi ed by surface functionalization or doping with heteroatoms to create speci c tailored properties can be addressed as second generation of nanocarbon structure. This new class of carbon materials open the doors for the possibility to design and build hybrid or hierarchical materials. They also serve as the catalyst to the development of the third generation of carbon-nanomaterials that can be potentially used in nanoarchitectured supramolecular hybrids or composites (Su and Centi, 2013).
