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New Process to Make Inch-Wide Films of Densely Packed, Chirality-Enriched Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

A simple filtration process helped Rice University researchers create flexible, wafer-scale films of highly aligned and closely packed carbon nanotubes.

5 Apr 2016

MIT Generates Nontoxic Portable Power by Burning Sucrose-Coated Carbon Nanotubes

Batteries that power common devices of modern life, from computers and smartphones to electrically driven cars, are often made of toxic materials, like lithium, that are not easy to dispose of and have a limited global supply. However, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new system to generate electricity, which utilizes heat instead of toxic materials or metals.

15 Mar 2016

NIST Researchers Develop New Quality-Control Test for Roll-to-Roll Nanomanufacturing Process

Scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a test that could help to ensure quality control in roll-to-roll nanomanufacturing process. This advancement could allow manufacturers to test a variety of materials in real-world conditions in a fast and nondestructive manner.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 7 Mar 2016

Metal with Uniformly Dispersed Carbon Nanotubes Exhibits Improved Radiation Resistance

Nuclear reactors tend to have a limited working life span. One reason for this is that metals subjected to the powerful radiation environment close to the core of the reactor become brittle and porous, resulting in cracking and failure. A team of researchers from MIT and other organizations has discovered that in a few reactors the introduction of a small quantity of carbon nanotubes to the metal can drastically slow down this breakdown process.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 3 Mar 2016

EPFL Scientists Use Perovskite Nanowires to Build Carbon-Nanotube Photodetector

EPFL scientists build the most sensitive carbon nanotube-based photodetector to date. The material is sensitized with CN3NH3PbI3 perovskite nanowires, which propel its responsivity by almost seven orders of magnitude.

2 Feb 2016

Scientists Use Microwave to Help Clean Carbon Nanotubes

Scientists at Rice and Swansea Universities use a microwave for decontaminating carbon nanotubes. A typical microwave oven has been effective as part of a dual-step nanotube cleaning process, which has been invented by the scientists.

25 Jan 2016

New Technique Facilitates Isolation and Sorting of Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Researchers face ongoing challenges in the manufacture of uncontaminated, thinner, and longer carbon nanotubes and then isolating them successfully. A new technology has been developed, enhancing possibilities in the development of carbon nanotubes.

22 Jan 2016

New Strategy for Fabricating Atomically Controlled Carbon Nanostructures

A new fabrication technique for creating atomically controlled carbon nanostructures employed in molecular carbon-based electronics has been developed.

6 Jan 2016

Injectable Nanotube Sensing Technology Could Continuously Analyze Blood Glucose

What if a diabetic never had to prick a finger to monitor his or her blood-glucose levels, and instead could rely on an internal, nanoscale device to analyze blood continuously and transmit readings to a hand-held scanner?

1 Dec 2015

NASA Develop Spherical Occulter using Super-Black Carbon-Nanotube Coating to Study the Sun’s Corona

A team of NASA scientists are working on the development of an occulter, which blocks light from the sun, for use in a CubeSat mission to measure the sun's coronal mass ejections. To assist in the production of the occulter the researchers have been using carbon nanotubes to achieve the full absorption of light

12 Nov 2015

Carbon Nanotubes News

New Process to Make Inch-Wide Films of Densely Packed, Chirality-Enriched Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

MIT Generates Nontoxic Portable Power by Burning Sucrose-Coated Carbon Nanotubes

NIST Researchers Develop New Quality-Control Test for Roll-to-Roll Nanomanufacturing Process

Metal with Uniformly Dispersed Carbon Nanotubes Exhibits Improved Radiation Resistance

EPFL Scientists Use Perovskite Nanowires to Build Carbon-Nanotube Photodetector

Scientists Use Microwave to Help Clean Carbon Nanotubes

New Technique Facilitates Isolation and Sorting of Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

New Strategy for Fabricating Atomically Controlled Carbon Nanostructures

Injectable Nanotube Sensing Technology Could Continuously Analyze Blood Glucose

NASA Develop Spherical Occulter using Super-Black Carbon-Nanotube Coating to Study the Sun’s Corona

New Study Finds Electrons Flow Like Liquid in Graphene, Breaking Rules

Research Boosts Graphene’s Potential to Unprecedented Heights

Novel 3D Imaging Technique Captures In Situ Nanoparticle Self-Assembly

Nanoparticles That Boost Tomato Plant Growth

Orange Peel Nanoparticles: New Green Synthesis

Enhancing Slurry Stability in Lithium-Ion Batteries with Turbiscan Technology

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