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Technology Research News February 25, 2004 |
Nanotubes boost shape recovery Researchers have mixed carbon nanotubes with polymer to make a plastic that is good at springing back into shape when heated. The shape memory polymers could be used in practical applications in five years, according to the researchers.  |
Technology Research News April 21, 2004 |
Magnets Align Nanotubes in Resin Carbon nanotubes have great potential as components of new materials but aligning the tiny tubes can be tricky. Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Florida State University have developed a way to orient the nanotubes in a polymer mix using a magnetic field.  |
Chemistry World May 16, 2014 Tim Wogan |
New thermoset plastics simple to recycle Thermosetting polymers that can be easily recycled have been developed by an international team of researchers.  |
Chemistry World September 11, 2009 Tom Bond |
Just heat and heal A polymer system based on weak, reversible bonds that can heal itself when heated has been created by UK and US chemists. The new polymers could be further developed and used in the aerospace and other industries, say the researchers.  |
Technology Research News December 3, 2003 |
Nanotubes detect nerve gas Naval Research Laboratory researchers have found that carbon nanotubes are sensitive to extremely small concentrations -- less than one part per billion -- of chemical nerve agents.  |
Reactive Reports July 2004 David Bradley |
Pure Nanotubes Researchers have developed a novel technique that allows them to purify carbon nanotubes and to sort those that are semiconducting from the metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes.  |
Chemistry World December 2, 2010 Laura Howes |
Nanotube material retains bounce at extreme Carbon nanotubes can make a rubber like material that remains usable in a temperature range of over one thousand degrees.  |
Reactive Reports Issue 75 David Bradley |
Tubular Reactions Researchers have used surface-modified carbon nanotubes to activate an important industrial chemical, butane, without the need for an expensive metal catalyst.  |
Technology Research News September 22, 2004 |
Plastics Ease Nanotube Circuits Researchers have devised a way to make a random, self-assembled network of carbon nanotubes embedded in polymer that preserves the nanotubes' electrical conductivity and is suitable for thermal printing processes.  |
Technology Research News January 14, 2004 |
Nanotubes grown on plastic Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England have devised a way to grow vertical forests of carbon nanotubes on flexible plastic.  |
Chemistry World October 3, 2008 Lewis Brindley |
Nanotube catalysts improve industrial reaction A catalyst consisting of modified carbon nanotubes makes an important industrial reaction milder, safer and more selective, according to researchers in Germany.  |
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.  |
IEEE Spectrum January 2008 Prachi Patel-Predd |
Sensitive Synthetic Skin in the Works for Prosthetic Arms Carbon nanotubes key to making synthetic skin that lets artificial limbs sense heat and touch.  |
Technology Research News August 13, 2003 |
Carbon wires expand nano toolkit Scientists looking for building blocks to form electronics and machines that are not much bigger than molecules have gained a new tool.  |
Chemistry World November 10, 2011 Helen Gray |
Shrinky Dink origami powered by heat US scientists have devised a method of generating 3D structures from flat surfaces by printing patterns onto a polymeric children's toy and letting an IR heat lamp do the rest.  |
Chemistry World November 17, 2011 James Urquhart |
A Thermoset Plastic That Bends Like a Thermoplastic French scientists have created a new lightweight plastic that is as strong and stable as other thermoset materials such as Bakelite, yet can be easily reworked and reshaped when heated.  |
PC Magazine April 5, 2006 Sebastian Rupley |
Flexed Researchers have come up with a new polymer material that could usher bendable displays into widespread use.  |
IEEE Spectrum December 2007 Joshua J. Romero |
Carbon Nanotubes Take the Heat Off Chips Purdue scientists find flexible filaments best.  |
Chemistry World August 8, 2010 James Urquhart |
No nanotube fertility risk US and Chinese researchers have found that carbon nanotubes injected into male mice cause damage to the testes, but the harm is reversible and does not affect fertility.  |
Technology Research News May 19, 2004 |
Nanotube Sparks Could Cool Chips Researchers from Purdue University and have found a way to use carbon nanotubes to ionize air and generate minuscule air currents that can be used to cool computer chips.  |
Technology Research News November 19, 2003 |
Nanotubes fortify plastic film Researchers have developed an inexpensive process for making a nanotube-polymer composite that allows for close control of the density and position of the nanotubes.  |
Technology Research News November 3, 2004 |
Coated Nanotubes Record Light Researchers have combined minuscule carbon nanotube transistors and photosensitive polymer to make a fast optoelectronic memory device that promises to speed digital photography and provide high-density data storage.  |
Technology Research News May 21, 2003 |
Nanotubes smash length record Duke University researchers produced nanotubes as long as two millimeters, which is 100 times longer than previous efforts. Nanotubes have great potential as components of nanomachines and nanoelectronics.  |
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.  |
Technology Research News December 1, 2004 |
Short Nanotubes Carry Big Currents Researchers have developed a simple way to fabricate carbon nanotube devices whose length is as small as ten nanometers, and have shown that electricity can pass through the nanotubes very efficiently.  |
Technology Research News August 27, 2003 |
Nanotubes spark gas detector Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have found a way to use carbon nanotubes to make very small, sensitive gas detectors.  |
Chemistry World March 1, 2011 Elinor Richards |
Chickpeas grow taller with carbon nanotubes Carbon nanotubes can enhance plant growth without damaging plant cells, say scientists from India.  |
IEEE Spectrum December 2011 Strano & Kalantar-Zadeh |
Nanodynamite Fuel-coated nanotubes could provide bursts of power to the smallest systems  |
IndustryWeek October 20, 2010 |
Buckyball Comes of Age The buckyball is a nanometer, or one-billionth of a meter, in diameter and consists of 60 carbon atom cages that form the shape of a soccer ball.  |
Chemistry World October 11, 2007 Jonathan Edwards |
'Tuneable' Polymer Can Separate Anything An international team of scientists have made a polymer with pores which can be fine-tuned to speedily separate different small molecules -- with applications ranging from carbon capture to fuel cells.  |
Technology Research News December 29, 2004 |
Coated Nanotubes Make Biosensors Researchers are using carbon nanotubes to sense single molecules, and are tapping the way carbon nanotubes give off near-infrared light in order to read what the sensors have detected.  |
Technology Research News February 25, 2004 |
Nanotube mix makes liquid crystal Carbon nanotubes are rolled-up sheets of carbon atoms that can be as narrow as 0.4 nanometers, or the span of four hydrogen atoms. They have useful electrical and mechanical properties and are a leading player in nanotechnology.  |
Technology Research News December 1, 2004 Eric Smalley |
For Pure Nanotubes Add Water Washing away impurities with water turns out to be as good for growing carbon nanotubes as it is for keeping a clean house.  |
Chemistry World June 9, 2011 Mike Brown |
Chemical 'Scotch Tape' separates carbon nanotubes The separation mechanism is based on the interaction difference between chemicals and single-walled carbon nanotubes of different electrical properties.  |
Chemistry World March 7, 2014 Elinor Richards |
Shortcut to carbon dioxide plastics holds sequestration promise Japanese scientists have cleared a significant hurdle in using carbon dioxide as a chemical feedstock and made a polymer that contains almost a third of the gas by weight.  |
Chemistry World August 23, 2009 Jon Cartwright |
Gold plating improves nanotube imaging Techniques used to image tumors and infections improve when the carbon nanotube 'contrast agents' are gold plated, researchers in the US have discovered.  |
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.  |
Technology Research News December 29, 2004 |
Sapphire Steps Shape Nanotubes Arrays Researchers have found that it is possible to grow carbon nanotubes along atom-size steps on a sapphire surface.  |
The Motley Fool December 28, 2004 Wherrett & Yelovich |
Nano Firms Tie the Knot The merger of Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. (CNI) and C Sixty, along with an expanding customer base, makes CNI an even more attractive IPO. Will 2005 be the year carbon nanotubes are introduced to the public?  |
Chemistry World July 28, 2010 Matt Wilkinson |
Recycling CO2 to make plastic Massachusetts-based Novomer has received $18.4 million from the US Department of Energy to develop a process for converting carbon dioxide into polycarbonate polymers that could be used to make plastic bottles.  |
The Motley Fool May 12, 2005 Jack Uldrich |
Risk in Carbon Nanotubes? Nanotech's "wonder" materials might also carry a substantial downside. Until the questions surrounding carbon nanotubes can be adequately answered, investors are encouraged to temper their enthusiasm  |
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 May 8, 2014 Tim Wogan |
Polymer sets new self-healing record A new self-healing polymer that can repair holes far larger than any material before -- up to 3cm wide -- has been unveiled by US researchers.  |
Technology Research News June 30, 2004 |
Nanotubes boost neuron growth The method is a step toward neuron-electronic interfaces that would allow for direct biological control of computers and prosthetic devices.  |
Technology Research News March 23, 2005 |
Nanotubes juice super batteries A relatively simple and inexpensive way to form a new type of thin film supercapacitor from multi-wall carbon nanotubes.  |
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.  |
Technology Research News July 14, 2004 |
Laser tweezer traps nanotubes The researchers have showed that it is possible to pattern clusters of nanotubes into configurations that are likely to have near-term applications as chemical, biological and physical sensors.  |
Technology Research News September 8, 2004 |
Nanotube Transistor Has Power Aiming to make electrical componets faster, researchers are working to make components from carbon nanotubes, which are rolled-up sheets of carbon atoms that can be smaller than a nanometer in diameter.  |
Technology Research News August 25, 2004 |
Nanotubes Make Fluid Filter Researchers have devised a simple and inexpensive way to manufacture very fine filters from carbon nanotubes. These filters could be used to separate heavy hydrocarbons from petroleum and bacteria and viruses from water.  |
Chemistry World May 28, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
Nanotube transistors swing both ways Researchers have combined titanium dioxide nanoparticles with carbon nanotubes to make light-sensitive transistors that can be made either to switch on or off in response to UV light.  |