Pure carbon based substrates and surfaces are playing a key role in the development of a wide range of advanced materials. Understanding how carbon surfaces in the form of tubes and sheets interact with biological, organic or other synthetic molecules will help guide development of new stronger composites as well as potential electrochemical application such as sensors and capacitors.

Pure carbon materials such as nano-diamonds have applications to bio-medical fields due to their low cytotoxicity and ability to penetrate the blood-brain barrier. These properties make them potential candidates for new drug delivery vessels. Molecular level knowledge, as achieved through computational modeling, will be crucial to understanding and future development of the controlled the binding, transport and timed release of therapeutic macromolecules from these pure carbon based delivery vessels.