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Chemistry World June 6, 2012 Catherine Pridmore |
Challenging the consensus on nanotube electrochemistry UK scientists have shown that the sidewalls and closed ends of carbon nanotubes can support fast electron transfer, challenging the belief that they are electrochemically inert.  |
Chemistry World September 27, 2013 Emma Stoye |
First carbon nanotube computer Researchers in the US have unveiled the first computer to be built entirely from carbon nanotube transistors.  |
Chemistry World May 24, 2013 Andy Extance |
Templates ring up uniform nanotubes Nanoring templates can set carbon nanotube diameters, an ability whose previous absence has held back nanotube use in electronic applications.  |
Chemistry World July 10, 2012 Yuandi Li |
Flattening nanotubes produces better graphene Graphene (single-layer graphite) has become a worldwide phenomenon and, with its incredible properties, is expected to have a huge impact in various fields. However, one of the biggest obstacles to its widespread industrial use is large scale production.  |
Reactive Reports May 2007 David Bradley |
The Long and the Short of It A new composite material that acts as a catalyst to speed up chemical reactions has been developed to create arrays of the world's longest carbon nanotubes.  |
Chemistry World November 29, 2011 Kate McAlpine |
Print quality nanotubes control LED switching Researchers in California have developed a way to print transistors made of carbon nanotubes and have used them to turn an organic light emitting diode on and off.  |
Chemistry World May 19, 2009 Michael Gross |
Quick-switching carbon nanotube displays Researchers in Beijing have developed a new type of incandescent display made of thin layers of highly aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes.  |
IEEE Spectrum December 2008 Saswato R. Das |
Paper-Thin Speakers Made From Carbon Nanotubes Simple-to-make speakers are transparent and flexible  |
Chemistry World October 11, 2012 James Urquhart |
Drawing gas sensors with a nanotube pencil US researchers have created a gas sensor that can detect ammonia as well as existing sensors. The 'pencil' comes in the form of a carbon nanotube disk which was used to draw on paper patterned with metal electrodes to create the sensor.  |
Chemistry World February 29, 2008 Michael Gross |
Modified Nanotubes Catalyse Fuel Cell A new type of catalyst made by attaching platinum nanoparticles to nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes could be used to oxidise methanol in fuel cells, thanks to work by Chinese chemists.  |
PC Magazine February 3, 2004 Alfred Poor |
Carbon Nano TVs Could your television become as thin as a picture hanging on a wall?  |
Chemistry World November 19, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
Spinning Out Stronger Nanotubes Scientists have devised a new way to make super-strength carbon nanotube fibers.  |
Chemistry World February 26, 2013 Holly Sheahan |
Capturing the potential of carbon dioxide A team of researchers from the University of Bath have opened up the idea of using carbon dioxide as a useful potential feedstock; a useful chemical resource rather than a troublesome waste product.  |
Chemistry World January 11, 2013 Laura Howes |
Nanotube fiber production in a spin No, that light bulb isn't floating in thin air, it's suspended by two 24 m thick fibers spun from carbon nanotubes. An international collaboration led by Matteo Pasquali, at Rice University in the US, has developed a method of manufacturing high-performance CNT fibers using wet spinning.  |
IndustryWeek December 1, 2007 Jill Jusko |
Teeny Tiny Tunes Researchers create single carbon nanotube that operates as a fully functional radio.  |
Chemistry World July 23, 2009 Hayley Birch |
Nanotube growth caught on camera French and US researchers have produced the first video evidence that carbon nanotubes turn as they grow.  |
Chemistry World February 21, 2012 |
Treat science as a hobby Jie Liu talks to Heather Montgomery about his scientific inspirations and the next big breakthrough in carbon nanotube research.  |
BusinessWeek November 19, 2009 Pete Engardio |
China's Reverse Brian Drain Beijing is making progress in its effort to lure back top Chinese scientists working overseas.  |
Chemistry World May 19, 2006 Jon Evans |
CNTs Provide Pores for Thought Membranes containing pores made of carbon nanotubes could improve the efficiency of processes such as desalination and removing CO 2 from industrial emissions.  |
Chemistry World February 11, 2015 Jon Evans |
Calculations predict pentagonal graphene Scientists in China have proposed the existence of a novel 2D allotrope of carbon made up of pentagons, which they have dubbed 'penta-graphene'.  |
Chemistry World December 7, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Metal atoms in carbon nanotubes caught on film An international team of researchers has filmed individual metal atoms as they move around and react within the confines of a carbon nanotube.  |
Technology Research News October 8, 2003 |
Nanotubes boost storage Scientists from IBM Research in Zurich, Osaka Prefecture University in Japan, and the Japanese Nanotechnology Research Institute have advanced the possibilities of using multiwalled carbon nanotubes to make denser, more efficient data storage devices.  |
Chemistry World February 1, 2012 Steve Down |
The world's strongest fibers The toughest polymer yarn of all time has been made by mixing a polymer with sheets of reduced graphene oxide and carbon nanotubes during spinning.  |
Chemistry World October 20, 2015 Philip Ball |
Nanotube desalination could be put back on track Computer simulations by researchers in China show what seems to be holding up this technology -- and suggest a way round the problem.  |
Chemistry World July 23, 2015 David Bradley |
Super-elastic wire stretches without losing power A conducting wire that can be stretched to 14 times its original length has been developed by scientists at the University of Texas at Dallas, US.  |
Technology Research News April 7, 2004 |
Fiber spun from nanotube smoke Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England have developed a relatively simple way to manufacture continuous fibers of carbon nanotubes.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2008 Courtney E. Howard |
Carbon nanotubes enable flexible, printed electronics Flexible electronics for displays, electronic circuits, sensors, memory chips, and other applications are transitioning from rigid substrates, such as silicon and glass, to flexible substrates.  |
Chemistry World September 9, 2010 Mike Brown |
Electric shock resets nanotube sensor Sensors based on single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNTs) could be 'reset' at the simple flick of a switch, say researchers in the US.  |
Technology Research News October 6, 2004 |
Nanotube diode reverses itself A minuscule p-n junction diode that could be used as a field-effect transistor or a light-emitting diode is a step forward in the push to make nanoscale electronic components.  |
Chemistry World April 4, 2012 Jon Evans |
Novel mass sensor is off the scale Spanish scientists have produced the world's most sensitive set of scales that should be capable of weighing a single proton.  |
Technology Research News January 12, 2005 |
Nano Gas Turbine Designed One especially useful component of a microscopic machine would be a motor. Researchers have worked out how a nanoscale gas turbine made from nanotubes would work.  |
Chemistry World November 11, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Nanotubes to soak up oil spills Chinese chemists have made sturdy nanotube sponges that can selectively absorb oil and volatile chemicals in preference to water.  |
Technology Research News January 28, 2004 |
Nanotubes tied to silicon circuit Connecting minuscule nanotube transistors to traditional silicon transistors enables the atomic-scale electronics to communicate with existing electronic equipment.  |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2005 Dan Bloom |
Ready for Some Carbon Nanotubing? Carbon nanotubes are going to show up in all sorts of high tech devices. Be ready for them.  |
Chemistry World December 12, 2013 Emma Stoye |
Cutting edge chemistry in 2013 What discoveries caused the biggest buzz in chemistry labs in 2013?  |
Technology Research News April 9, 2003 |
Twisted nanotubes have spring Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found a way to use carbon nanotubes -- rolled-up sheets of carbon atoms that form naturally in soot -- as tiny springs for microscopic devices.  |
Chemistry World May 6, 2010 Andy Extance |
Nanotube chip creates bioelectronic link A protein coupled with a carbon nanotube has provided a previously unavailable direct biological-to-electronic interface, which its developers hope could lead to brain-controlled prosthetic devices.  |