Search results for nanotubes

Nanophysics Oct 25, 2022

Scaling up the production of vertically aligned, single-walled carbon nanotubes

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists are scaling up the production of vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) that could revolutionize diverse commercial products ranging from rechargeable ...

Nanomaterials Oct 20, 2022

Acidic layer in single-walled carbon nanotubes facilitates confinement of anion impurities

Efficient purification processes that separate impurities from air and water are necessary to sustain life on Earth. To this end, carbon materials have long been used for deodorizing, separating, and removing harmful anion ...

Nanomaterials Oct 17, 2022

Scientists use surfactant to help make 'inert' templates for nanotube growth

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have used a surfactant to disperse insulating boron nitride nanotubes and coat them onto surfaces without bundling. The team demonstrated that heat treatment could remove the ...

Nanomaterials Oct 11, 2022

Engineers weave advanced fabric that can cool a wearer down and warm them up

Textile engineers have developed a fabric woven out of ultra-fine nano-threads made in part of phase-change materials and other advanced substances that combine to produce a fabric that can respond to changing temperatures ...

Polymers Oct 6, 2022

Taking salt out of the water equation

Ultrathin polymer-based ordered membranes that effectively remove salt from seawater and brine could provide a promising alternative to existing water desalination systems, a KAUST-led team demonstrates. Their research appears ...

Bio & Medicine Sep 12, 2022

Nanotubes illuminate the way to living photovoltaics

"We put nanotubes inside of bacteria," says Professor Ardemis Boghossian at EPFL's School of Basic Sciences. "That doesn't sound very exciting on the surface, but it's actually a big deal. Researchers have been putting nanotubes ...

Materials Science Sep 6, 2022

Video: How pencils can help us understand the future of everything (Alex wants a jetpack)

The chemistry world has been excited about the possibility of buckyballs, graphene and carbon nanotubes for decades.

Bio & Medicine Aug 24, 2022

Researchers pin down key factors of carbon nanotube toxicity

A Skoltech research team made a systematic review of publications on in vitro biocompatibility of carbon nanotubes and identified the manufacturing parameters that could make them safe for living organisms. The scientists ...

Superconductivity Aug 2, 2022

In DNA, scientists find solution to building superconductor that could transform technology

Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and their collaborators have used DNA to overcome a nearly insurmountable obstacle to engineer materials that would revolutionize electronics.

Cell & Microbiology Jul 25, 2022

SARS-CoV-2 hijacks nanotubes between neurons to infect them

COVID-19 often leads to neurological symptoms, such as a loss of taste or smell, or cognitive impairments (including memory loss and concentration difficulties), both during the acute phase of the disease and over the long ...

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