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Suntech and TCNT Develop Low-Cost Carbon Nanotube Photovoltaic Module Frame

Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd. (Suntech) announced today that in partnership with Taiwan Carbon Nanotube Technology Corporation (TCNT), it has successfully developed the world's first low-cost and highly reliable carbon nanotube photovoltaic module frame. Suntech and TCNT have partnered together, merging Suntech's high-quality and high-efficient photovoltaic modules with TCNT's high-strength carbon nanotubes to deliver a new high-end, cost-saving technology to the solar industry.

17 Apr 2015

Inexpensive, Carbon Nanotube-Based Sensor to Detect Rotting Meat

MIT chemists have devised an inexpensive, portable sensor that can detect gases emitted by rotting meat, allowing consumers to determine whether the meat in their grocery store or refrigerator is safe to eat.

16 Apr 2015

Graphene and CNT Research with Renishaw's Raman Instruments at the University of Manchester

Renishaw, a world leader in metrology and spectroscopy technologies, reports on the use of Raman spectroscopy in the study of graphene by the Casiraghi Group located at the University of Manchester's Nanoscience and Spectroscopy Laboratory.

From Renishaw plc - Spectroscopy 14 Apr 2015

New Method to Predict How Carbon Nanotubes are Formed

Matt Maschmann, a researcher at the University of Missouri (MU), has developed a method to predict the way in which carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are formed.

10 Apr 2015

Carbon Nanotube (CNT) Porins Hold Promise as Biomimetic Platforms for Nanofluidic Studies

Researchers have succeeded in developing a technique for spontaneous insertion of carbon nanotube (CNT) into synthetic and natural cell membranes to create pores imitating biological channels.

10 Apr 2015

Simple, Scalable Method to Purify Arrays of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

The exceptional properties of tiny molecular cylinders known as carbon nanotubes have tantalized researchers for years because of the possibility they could serve as a successors to silicon in laying the logic for smaller, faster and cheaper electronic devices.

9 Apr 2015

Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Composites for “Unconventional” Computing

As we approach the miniaturization limits of conventional electronics, alternatives to silicon-based transistors—the building blocks of the multitude of electronic devices we’ve come to rely on—are being hotly pursued.

8 Apr 2015

Managing Director of Thomas Swan Appointed to Governing Body of Innovate UK

Harry Swan, Managing Director of Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. based in Consett, County Durham has been appointed to the Governing Board of the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK. Innovate UK, formerly known as th...

From Thomas Swan & Co Ltd 2 Apr 2015

Breakthrough, Low-Cost Method to Build DNA Nanotubes Block By Block

Researchers at McGill University have developed a new, low-cost method to build DNA nanotubes block by block – a breakthrough that could help pave the way for scaffolds made from DNA strands to be used in applications such as optical and electronic devices or smart drug-delivery systems.

27 Mar 2015