New Composite Material Revs Up Pursuit of Ultra-Efficient Electric Vehicle Motors
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory used new techniques to create a composite that increases the electrical current capacity of copper wires, providing a new…
Nanotubes
New Spectroscopic Methods to Observe Energy Flow in the Nano Range
It is crucial for photovoltaics and other technical applications, how efficiently energy spreads in a small volume. With new methods, the path of energy in…
Advanced Microprocessor Built Out of Carbon Nanotubes
New approach harnesses the same fabrication processes used for silicon chips, offers key advance toward next-generation computers. After years of tackling numerous design and manufacturing…
Household Ingredients Rich in Sodium Help Grow Carbon Nanotubes
Baking soda, table salt, and detergent are surprisingly effective ingredients for cooking up carbon nanotubes, researchers at MIT have found. In a study published this…
Creating Predictable Patterns from Unpredictable Carbon Nanotubes
Integrating nanoscale fibers such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) into commercial applications, from coatings for aircraft wings to heat sinks for mobile computing, requires them to…
New Technique Dramatically Cuts Production Time of Nanotube Fibers
The terms “handmade” and “high tech” are not commonly found in the same sentence, but they both apply to a Rice University method to quickly…
Researchers Optimize Nanomaterials for Fuel-Cell Cathodes
New research from Rice University shows that nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes or modified graphene nanoribbons may be suitable replacements for platinum for fast oxygen reduction, the…
MIT Researchers Create Perfect Nanoscrolls from Graphene Oxide
Using both low- and high-frequency ultrasonic techniques, scientists have fabricated nanoscrolls made from graphene oxide flakes. Water filters of the future may be made from…
Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Display Singular Qualities
In a newly published study, researchers at Rice University demonstrated that two walls are better than one when turning carbon nanotubes into materials like strong,…
Carbon Nanotube Fibers Provide Two-Way Communication with Neurons
New research from Rice University reveals that carbon nanotube fibers provide a two-way connection with neurons and show promise for treating patients with neurological disorders….
Ultra-Black Nano-Coating Applied to New 3D Solar Coronagraph
NASA scientists have applied new super-black carbon-nanotube coating to a 3-D component critical for suppressing stray light in a new solar coronagraph. An emerging super-black…
Carbon Nanotube Patches Improve Heart Function
Using carbon nanotubes, researchers at Rice University and Texas Children’s Hospital have created heart-defect patches that improve electrical signaling between immature heart cells. Living heart…
New Type of CNT Solar Cell is Twice as Efficient as Its Predecessors
Material scientists from the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University have created a new type of carbon nanotubes solar cell that is twice as…
Researchers Grow Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Identical Electronic Properties
Using custom-made organic precursor molecules, researchers have succeeded for the first time in growing single-walled carbon nanotubes with identical electronic properties. In future, it will…
Controlled Synthesis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
A new study details how researchers from the Max Planck Institute and EMPA succeeded in “growing” single-wall carbon nanotubes with a single predefined structure for…
Stanford Engineers Improve Flexible Carbon Nanotube Circuits
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a process to make flexible carbon nanotube circuits more reliable and efficient, paving the way for digital devices that…
Carbon Nanotube Fibers Outperform Traditional Copper Cables
A new study from Rice University shows that carbon nanotube fibers have greater capacity to carry electrical current than traditional copper cables of the same…
Atom-Thick Carbyne Nanorods May Be The Strongest Material Ever
In a newly published paper, theoretical physicists from Rice University calculate that atom-thick carbyne chains would be the strongest material ever discovered, stronger than graphene…