Search results for nanotubes

Nanomaterials Oct 26, 2023

Carbon nanotube membrane unleashes the power of permanganate for superior micropollutant removal

With the rapid development of industrialization, water pollution is becoming more and more serious. The traditional water treatment method can't effectively remove organic pollutants, so advanced oxidation technology has ...

Nanomaterials Oct 16, 2023

Move over carbon, the nanotube family just got bigger

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have engineered a range of new single-walled transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) nanotubes with different compositions, chirality, and diameters by templating off boron-nitride ...

Nanophysics Oct 16, 2023

Research team demonstrates coherent ultrafast photoemission from carbon nanotube emitter

A joint research team led by Prof. Dai Qing and Prof. Li Chi from the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has demonstrated the coherent ultrafast photoemission from ...

Analytical Chemistry Oct 11, 2023

Metal-free and transition-metal-doped ZIF-8@CNT catalysts prepared by one-step high-temperature pyrolysis

Non-precious metal catalysts (NPMC) have strong potential in energy conversion devices due to their excellent oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) performance in fuel cells. Since in most NPMC materials, the accessible active ...

Bio & Medicine Sep 21, 2023

Novel filter uses carbon nanotubes to create new paradigm for dialysis membranes

A collaborative team has developed a new type of filter for kidney dialysis machines that can clean the blood more efficiently and improve patient care. Piran Kidambi, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, ...

Bio & Medicine Sep 15, 2023

New nanotech weapon takes aim at hard-to-treat breast cancer

Breast cancer in its various forms affects more than 250,000 Americans a year. One particularly aggressive and hard-to-treat type is triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), which lacks specific receptors targeted by existing ...

Nanomaterials Aug 15, 2023

Researchers attach electrodes to individual atomically precise graphene nanoribbons

Graphene nanoribbons have outstanding properties that can be precisely controlled. Researchers from Empa and ETH Zurich, in collaboration with partners from Peking University, the University of Warwick and the Max Planck ...

Polymers Aug 7, 2023

Fixing hidden damage in carbon-fiber reinforced epoxy materials with a resin-injection method

A team of researchers from Singapore and the UK, led by Dr. Wei Liang Lai, with supervisor, Associate Professor Kheng Lim Goh, has developed a portable device for repairing hard-to-see damage in carbon fiber materials. The ...

Nanophysics Jul 31, 2023

Study shows performance of photodetector heterojunctions varies with carbon nanotube diameter

Junctions between the two different materials, single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and perovskite (CsPbBr3) quantum dots (QDs)—a mechanically stable and easily customized photovoltaic material that creates an electrical ...

Nanomaterials Jul 27, 2023

Researchers demonstrate scaling of aligned carbon nanotube transistors to below sub-10 nm nodes

Carbon nanotubes, large cylindrical molecules composed of hybridized carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal structure, recently attracted significant attention among electronics engineers. Due to their geometric configuration ...

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