News tagged with carbon nanotube
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Carbon nanotubes twice as strong as once thought
Carbon nanotubes -- those tiny particles poised to revolutionize electronics, medicine, and other areas — are much bigger in the strength department than anyone ever thought, scientists are reporting.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 15, 2010 |
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Researchers develop a way to funnel solar energy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using carbon nanotubes (hollow tubes of carbon atoms), MIT chemical engineers have found a way to concentrate solar energy 100 times more than a regular photovoltaic cell. Such nanotubes could ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 12, 2010 |
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Scientists observe single ions moving through tiny carbon-nanotube channel
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, a team of MIT chemical engineers has observed single ions marching through a tiny carbon-nanotube channel. Such channels could be used as extremely sensitive detectors ...
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Galileo revisited: How ribbons roll
Galileo Galilei’s experiments on the motions of falling and rolling objects, described in his 1638 book, “Two New Sciences,” are considered by many to be the beginning of modern science. Now researchers at ...
Sep 08, 2010 |
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High-speed filter uses electrified nanostructures to purify water at low cost
(PhysOrg.com) -- By dipping plain cotton cloth in a high-tech broth full of silver nanowires and carbon nanotubes, Stanford researchers have developed a new high-speed, low-cost filter that could easily be ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 31, 2010 |
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A versatile, clean and efficient way to enhance widespread application of carbon nanotubes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Imperial College London have developed a versatile, practical and efficient method for activating sites on the surface of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and subsequently binding a ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 26, 2010 |
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Sensor important to understanding root, seedling development
A biosensor utilizing black platinum and carbon nanotubes developed at Purdue University will help give scientists a better understanding of how the plant hormone auxin regulates root growth and seedling establishment.
Aug 23, 2010 |
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Extreme darkness: Carbon nanotube forest covers NIST's ultra-dark detector
Harnessing darkness for practical use, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a laser power detector coated with the world's darkest material -- a forest of carbon ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 18, 2010 |
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Nanotechnology for water purification
Nanotechnology refers to a broad range of tools, techniques and applications that simply involve particles on the approximate size scale of a few to hundreds of nanometers in diameter. Particles of this size have some unique ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 29, 2010 |
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Nanowick at heart of new system to cool 'power electronics'
Researchers have shown that an advanced cooling technology being developed for high-power electronics in military and automotive systems is capable of handling roughly 10 times the heat generated by conventional ...
Jul 22, 2010 |
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Researchers use nanoparticles as destructive beacons to zap tumors
A group of researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is developing a way to treat cancer by using lasers to light up tiny nanoparticles and destroy tumors with the ensuing heat.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 21, 2010 |
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Carbon nanotubes as transistor material
Swiss researchers have built a transistor whose crucial element is a carbon nano-tube, suspended between two contacts, with outstanding electronic properties. A novel fabrication approach allowed the scientists ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 21, 2010 |
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Nanoribbons for graphene transistors
In the recent issue of Nature, European scientists from Empa and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research report how they have managed for the first time to grow graphene ribbons that are just a few ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 21, 2010 |
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Sugar-Coated Nanotubes Deliver High-Dose Radiotherapy
Starting with simple carbon nanotubes, a team of researchers from the United Kingdom and Spain has developed a sugar-coated nanocapsule that can deliver large doses of radioactivity to tumors. The researchers envision developing ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 16, 2010 |
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Nanotubes pass acid test
Rice University scientists have found the "ultimate" solvent for all kinds of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), a breakthrough that brings the creation of a highly conductive quantum nanowire ever closer.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 14, 2010 |
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