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Nanomaterials Jun 10, 2026

New iron–scandium catalyst extends carbon nanotube growth at high temperatures

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are among the most promising nanomaterials for future technologies because of their exceptional mechanical strength, electrical conductivity and thermal performance. However, translating these remarkable ...

Nanophysics Jun 7, 2026

Dynamic terahertz wavefront control using stretchable single-walled carbon nanotube-based metasurfaces

The terahertz (THz) frequency regime, sitting between microwaves and infrared light, has long promised revolutionary advances in wireless communication, security imaging and nondestructive sensing. A key roadblock, however, ...

Nanomaterials Jun 4, 2026

Ultrathin nanotubes reach 1 nanometer, opening path to smaller electronics

Researchers in Japan have created some of the world's smallest semiconducting nanotubes, structures 100,000 times thinner than a human hair. By growing molybdenum disulfide inside protective tubes of boron nitride, the researchers, ...

Nanophysics May 20, 2026

Chiral carbon nanotube films deliver giant light-conversion effect

A sheet of twisted carbon nanotubes has revealed a hidden talent scientists suspected for decades but had never managed to measure. Researchers at Rice University have created large, highly ordered films of chiral carbon ...

Nanomaterials Apr 24, 2026

Carbon nanotubes are closing the gap on copper conductivity

Carbon nanotubes are one technology that many observers believe hasn't quite lived up to the extreme hype that surrounded them when they first appeared on the scene in the late 1990s. At that time, much was made of their ...

Nanomaterials Apr 9, 2026

Carbon nanotube fiber sensors achieve record measurement error below 0.1%

Skoltech scientists, in collaboration with colleagues from China and Iran, have taken a major step toward creating highly precise carbon nanotube fiber (CNTF)-based sensors. In a paper published in the iScience journal, the ...

Bio & Medicine Mar 31, 2026

Towards smarter agriculture: Durable nanofilm electrodes for monitoring leaf health

Nanofilm electrodes capable of detecting stress in plants through bioelectric potentials could pave the way for more resilient agriculture, report researchers from Institute of Science Tokyo. Thanks to the electrode's small ...

Nanophysics Mar 17, 2026

Carbon nanotube 'black paint' absorbs terahertz radiation to cut 6G interference

Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, have created an important building block for future 6G communication technology, which will make wireless data transfer at superior ...

Nanomaterials Mar 11, 2026

Heavy water expands energy potential of carbon nanotube yarns

Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have developed a new electrolyte system that significantly boosts the energy-harvesting performance of twistrons, which are carbon nanotube yarns that generate electricity ...

Nanomaterials Feb 11, 2026

Carbon nanotube 'sandpaper' polishes semiconductor surfaces down to a few atoms

The performance and stability of smartphones and artificial intelligence (AI) services depend on how uniformly and precisely semiconductor surfaces are processed. KAIST researchers have expanded the concept of everyday "sandpaper" ...

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