For decades, scientists have tried to harness the unique properties of carbon nanotubes to create high-performance electronics that are faster or consume less power—resulting in longer battery life, faster wireless communication ...
Nanophysics
Sep 2, 2016
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MIT researchers have developed low-cost chemical sensors, made from chemically altered carbon nanotubes, that enable smartphones or other wireless devices to detect trace amounts of toxic gases.
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 30, 2016
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Bathing a patient in LED light may someday offer a new way to locate tumors, according to Rice University researchers.
Nanomaterials
May 20, 2016
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Scientists at Rice University have discovered that the strong force field emitted by a Tesla coil causes carbon nanotubes to self-assemble into long wires, a phenomenon they call "Teslaphoresis."
Nanomaterials
Apr 14, 2016
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Water filters of the future may be made from billions of tiny, graphene-based nanoscrolls. Each scroll, made by rolling up a single, atom-thick layer of graphene, could be tailored to trap specific molecules and pollutants ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 12, 2016
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A simple filtration process helped Rice University researchers create flexible, wafer-scale films of highly aligned and closely packed carbon nanotubes.
Nanomaterials
Apr 4, 2016
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Developing novel materials from the atoms up goes faster when some of the trial and error is eliminated. A new Rice University and Montreal Polytechnic study aims to do that for graphene and boron nitride hybrids.
Nanomaterials
Jan 13, 2016
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Never mind the ABCs. Rice University scientists interested in nanotubes are studying their XYΩs.
Nanomaterials
Dec 7, 2015
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Using nanometer-scale components, researchers have demonstrated the first optical rectenna, a device that combines the functions of an antenna and a rectifier diode to convert light directly into DC current.
Nanophysics
Sep 28, 2015
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An international team of scientists has developed what may be the first one-step process for making seamless carbon-based nanomaterials that possess superior thermal, electrical and mechanical properties in three dimensions.
Nanophysics
Sep 4, 2015
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