Carbon Nanotubes News

RSS

Low-Cost Fabrication of CNT-Based Carbon Fiber Composites

New research discusses a liquid crystalline wet-spinning process as a means of producing polymer-carbon nanotube composite fibers that are highly oriented and possess superior modulus, strength, and electrical conductivity.

7 Mar 2023

Affordable Production of Carbon Nanotubes on Plastic

Scientists at the Tokyo University of Science in Japan have devised a low-cost technique for creating multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) on a plastic film.

3 Mar 2023

Conversion of Coal to Amorphous Graphite and Carbon Nanotubes

In a warming world, coal can often seem the "bad guy." But we can do other things with coal besides burn it. A team at Ohio University used the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center's Bridges-2 system to carry out a series of simulations showing how coal might eventually be converted to valuable - and carbon-neutral - materials like graphite and carbon nanotubes.

6 Jan 2023

Novel Method Facilitates Delivery of Genes into Plant Mitochondria

Researchers at RIKEN have successfully smuggled genetic material into the plant cells that produce energy, which makes it possible to induce plants to produce compounds that are beneficial for the industry.

3 Nov 2022

Method for Porous Carbon Preparation Using Small Organic Molecules

A study published in Nano Research presented a straightforward method for porous carbon preparation, utilizing small organic molecules as precursors.

2 Nov 2022

Acidic Layer in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Facilitates Confinement of Anion Impurities

Efficient purification processes that separate impurities from air and water are necessary to sustain life on Earth.

25 Oct 2022

Carbon Nanotubes’ Acidic Layer Enables Confinement of Anion Impurities

To preserve life on earth, there need to be efficient purification methods that can separate impurities from water and air.

20 Oct 2022

Using UV Absorption Spectroscopy to Analyze ssDNA-Coated CNTs

An article published in Nano Letters analyzed ssDNA-coated single-walled carbon nanotubes via ultraviolet (UV) absorption and measured the total carbon content.

17 Oct 2022

Halloysite Nanotubes Grown in ‘Tree Rings’ via Easy Method

A new study presents an efficient strategy to fabricate an ordered architecture of HNTs. The clay nanotubes were aligned on a glass substrate via a magnetic rotor-assisted drying of their aqueous dispersion

28 Sep 2022

Detecting Nitrite Ions in Meat Using a Carbon Dot/PVA Nanocomposite

In a paper published in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, fluorescence quenching was used to detect nitrite ions in processed meat products using a sensing system centered on doped carbon quantum dots.&...

19 Sep 2022