 He was the first to conduct hydrothermal synthesis of carbon nanotubes and show the anomalous slow movement of water in functionalized carbon nanotubes by in situ electron microscopy.This study ultimately led to development of nanotube-tipped single-cell probes.Professor Y. Gogotsi is the co-author of two books, editor of 14 books,  has more than 100 publications in conference proceedings, and more than 600 articles in peer reviewed journals, credited on more than 60 European and US patents (more than 20 licensed to industry) and more than 250 plenary, keynote and invited lectures and seminars.