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New Framework Reveals Which Food-System Nanoparticles Need Closer Safety Checks

Researchers developed a semi-quantitative probability-impact framework to prioritize engineered nanoparticles and micro/nanoplastics in agri-food systems based on exposure potential, toxicity evidence, and uncertainty. Across weighting scenarios, silver, titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, carbon nanotubes, cerium dioxide, and copper oxide emerged as high-priority particles for targeted monitoring and refined toxicological assessment.

31 May 2026

Chiral Carbon Nanotube Films Unlock Giant Light Conversion for Future Photonic Chips

Researchers created centimeter-scale, highly aligned films of single-enantiomer chiral carbon nanotubes that generate unusually strong second-harmonic signals from intrinsic structural chirality. The films achieved an effective susceptibility of 4.9 x 10² pm/V, corresponding to 1.6 x 10³ pm/V after correction, pointing to new possibilities for chip-scale nonlinear photonics.

21 May 2026

3D Printable Nanotube Composite Shields Electronics In Extreme Environments

Ultrathin, stretchable nanotube composites offer innovative EMI and neutron shielding, ideal for electronics in extreme environments like aerospace and defense.

13 Mar 2026

pH-Responsive Carbon Nanotubes Become Smart Molecular Gates

This study reveals carbon nanotubes with pH-switchable gates, enhancing our understanding of ion transport and offering insights for synthetic membrane design.

3 Feb 2026

Turning Methane into Carbon Nanotubes and Hydrogen

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have effectively transformed methane (natural gas) into hydrogen while achieving low CO2 emissions and producing high-performance carbon nanotube (CNT) materials. These CNTs can serve as sustainable alternatives to CO2-intensive materials like steel, aluminum, and copper.

27 Jan 2026

Carbon Nanotubes Could Power a New Generation of Flexible Solar Panels

Perovskite solar cells can be made not only more robust but also more efficient, scalable and cheaper to manufacture by replacing the indium tin oxide (ITO) in the device, according to research led by the University of Surrey.

11 Dec 2025

IDTechEx Finds Advanced Carbons Are Shaking Up the Battery Additive Market

Conductive additives are essential materials in the construction of Li-ion cells, and developments within the conductive additive space will be greatly influential in achieving manufacturers’ aims of enhancing their batteries’ energy density, lifetime, charging rates, and more.

From IDTechEX Ltd 25 Sep 2025

Single-Step Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes for Better Energy Storage

Researchers developed a single-step AACVD method for nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes on copper, optimizing synthesis for improved electrochemical properties.

19 Sep 2025

Composite Structures with Extremely Small Amounts of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Show Multifunctionality Independent of Additive Defectiveness

The Skoltech Laboratory of Nanomaterials, along with the Ural Federal University and the Institute of Engineering Science Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, have published their findings on how single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) can be used to create multifunctional composite structures regardless of their quality when used in extremely small amounts.

18 Jul 2025

Carbon Nanotubes News

New Framework Reveals Which Food-System Nanoparticles Need Closer Safety Checks

Chiral Carbon Nanotube Films Unlock Giant Light Conversion for Future Photonic Chips

3D Printable Nanotube Composite Shields Electronics In Extreme Environments

pH-Responsive Carbon Nanotubes Become Smart Molecular Gates

Turning Methane into Carbon Nanotubes and Hydrogen

Carbon Nanotubes Could Power a New Generation of Flexible Solar Panels

IDTechEx Finds Advanced Carbons Are Shaking Up the Battery Additive Market

Single-Step Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes for Better Energy Storage

Composite Structures with Extremely Small Amounts of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Show Multifunctionality Independent of Additive Defectiveness

Dispersions Hold the Key for Carbon Nanotube Success, Finds IDTechEx

Printable 3D Metalenses Bring Full-Colour VR Displays Closer to Scalable Nanomanufacturing

Nanofiber Bionic Skin Helps Infected Wounds Heal Faster in Preclinical Study

Chitosan Nanoparticles Could Make Vaccines More Stable, Mucosal, and Needle-Free

Cellulose Nanofibril Binder Helps Build Cleaner, Higher-Capacity Lithium Batteries

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