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Researchers Develop Simple Technique for Carbon Nanotubes to Emit Red Light

Researchers at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences have formulated an efficient approach to create chemical-coated carbon nanotubes that can emit red light when subjected to ultraviolet light.

8 Jul 2011

Pyrograf Stacked-Cup Carbon Nanotubes Suited to Use as Catalyst Supports for Lithium-Air Batteries

Researchers from Applied Sciences Inc., a world leader in advanced materials have demonstrated the ability of Pyrograf III stacked-cup carbon nanotubes to serve as catalyst supports for the air electrode of lithium-air b...

5 Jul 2011

Researchers Study Effect of Nanotube Concentration on Transistor Performance

Students in Peter Burke’s team at the University of California, Irvine along with graduate student, Nima Rouhi, have been observing transistors, which feature channels made using carbon nanotube ink.

4 Jul 2011

SWeNT Awarded Grant to Develop Semiconducting Carbon Nanotube-Based Ink

SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc. (SWeNT), a leading manufacturer of single-wall and specialty multi-wall carbon nanotubes, has been awarded a two-year, $500,000 grant from the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Scienc...

30 Jun 2011

Stanford Scientists Develop Two Memory Structures Using Carbon Nanotubes

A group of Stanford University scientists have developed nanoscale variants of two advanced memory technologies from carbon nanotubes.

29 Jun 2011

Nanobiotechnology Studies to be Conducted Aboard Space Shuttle

The assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at Rensselaer, Cynthia Collins, is conducting a series of experiments known as Micro-2A that will be on board the NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis.

27 Jun 2011

Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes Show Promise for Photothermal Cancer Therapies

SouthWest NanoTechnologies' (SWeNT) Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes (SWNTs), in a new research study, show absorption of Indocyanine Green (ICG) -- a functional dye with unique photomechanical, photochemical, and photob...

23 Jun 2011

NJIT Scientists Receive US Patent for Nanoscale Electrical Probe Production Method

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) research professors, Zafer Iqbal and Reginald C. Farrow have received a US patent 7,964,143 for their innovative method of producing arrays of nano-sized electrical probes.

23 Jun 2011

Researchers Discover Method for Harmful Toxin Removal from Carbon Nanotubes

Semiconductor Research, along with scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas and SEMATECH, have successfully demonstrated the easy removal of certain potentially harmful organic toxins found in a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNTs) type.

22 Jun 2011

Researchers Develop New Treatment for Stroke-Affected Patients Using Carbon Nanotubes

Researchers of the Nanomedicine Lab at the University of London’s The School of Pharmacy and the Neuroscience Institute at the National Research Centre in Pisa, Italy, have utilized carbon nanotubes to rescue brain cells by silencing genes, resulting in a new treatment for stroke.

21 Jun 2011