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Nanophysics Mar 2, 2023

Researchers propose a simple, inexpensive approach to fabricating carbon nanotube wiring on plastic films

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are cylindrical tube-like structures made of carbon atoms that display highly desirable physical properties like high strength, low weight, and excellent thermal and electrical conductivities. This ...

Nanophysics Feb 23, 2023

Real-life 'quantum molycircuits' using exotic nanotubes

Molybdenum disulfide MoS2 is a groundbreaking material for electronics applications. As a two-dimensional layer similar to graphene, it is an excellent semiconductor, and can even become intrinsically superconducting under ...

Bio & Medicine Feb 20, 2023

Researchers develop first nanotube sensors capable of detecting and distinguishing gibberellin plant hormones

Researchers from the Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT's research enterprise ...

Nanomaterials Feb 16, 2023

'Flash Joule' technique efficiently turns would-be pollution into valuable nanomaterials

Putting that soda bottle or takeout container into the recycling bin is far from a guarantee it will be turned into something new. Scientists at Rice University are trying to address this problem by making the process profitable.

Nanomaterials Feb 15, 2023

Researchers find thermal limits of advanced nanomaterials

A team of FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers at the High-Performance Materials Institute is exploring the thermal limits of advanced nanomaterials, work that could have a direct impact on medicine delivery systems, ...

Nanomaterials Feb 14, 2023

Development of cost-effective and strong composite carbon fiber using carbon nanotubes

Carbon nanotubes are a novel material that is 100 times stronger than steel while only one-fourth its weight and has electrical conductivity as high as that of copper. If fibers could be made using carbon nanotubes, theoretically, ...

Nanomaterials Jan 30, 2023

Electrospun nanomaterial offers great protection against electromagnetic interference

Engineers have employed "electrospinning," a new technique of manufacturing nanomaterials, to produce a novel fabric that offers high performance protection against electromagnetic interference, a phenomenon that can result ...

Nanomaterials Jan 13, 2023

Chemists cook up brand-new kind of nanomaterial

There's a new nanomaterial on the block. University of Oregon chemists have found a way to make carbon-based molecules with a unique structural feature: interlocking rings.

Nanomaterials Jan 5, 2023

Coal-like material transformed to amorphous graphite and nanotubes in simulations

In a warming world, coal can often seem the "bad guy." But we can do other things with coal besides burn it. A team at Ohio University used the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center's Bridges-2 system to carry out a series of ...

Nanophysics Dec 22, 2022

Nanostructure strengthens, de-ices, and monitors aircraft wings, wind turbine blades, and bridges

A nanostructured sensor, whose development and tests involved Skoltech researchers, has shown promise for enhancing construction parts made of glass fiber-reinforced polymer composite materials: aircraft wings, wind turbine ...

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