Nanotubes
Nanotubes news and technical articles from Solid State Technology Magazine. Search Nanotubes latest and archived news and articles
-
UC Riverside scientists discover new uses for carbon nanotubes
The atom-sized world of carbon nanotubes holds great promise for a future demanding ..... smaller and faster electronic components. Nanotubes are stronger than steel and smaller than ..... improve the electrical behavior of carbon nanotubes , and as part of their research they …
-
"Cloning" could make structurally pure nanotubes for nanoelectronics
… pure samples of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with identical structures, a process they liken to "cloning" the nanotubes . If the process can be suitably scaled ..... in nanoelectronics: producing carbon nanotubes of a specific structure to order. Single …
-
Can carbon nanotubes fluoresce fully?
… fluorescence of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) in new research, finding that ..... lengths and imperfections of individual nanotubes affect their fluorescence. This research ..... infrared wavelengths. The brightest nanotubes of a given length show consistent fluorescence …
-
Nanotubes pass acid test: Rice U research method untangles long tubes, clears hurdle toward armchair quantum wire
… ultimate solvent for all kinds of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) , a breakthrough that brings ..... conductive quantum nanowire closer. Nanotubes have the frustrating habit of bundling ..... macroscopic cable of well-aligned metallic nanotubes -- was envisioned by the late Richard …
-
Carbon nanotubes : A market snapshot
… Like nanotechnology in general, carbon nanotubes (CNT) are seen -- depending on the ..... companies that are betting the farm on nanotubes , trying their luck at the little miracle ..... attempting to conquer the market for nanotubes , which it estimates will grow at an …
-
Ruthenium complexes dissolve nanotubes add functionality say Rice researchers
… developed an efficient method to disperse nanotubes in a way that preserves their unique ..... close contact with single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) while keeping them separated ..... manufacturers who want to spin fiber from nanotubes , or mix them into composite materials …
-
Polymer_dynamics research on nanotubes
… that even a small ability to bend gives nanotubes and other tiny, stiff filaments the ..... their stiffness for a given environment. Nanotubes are being studied for potential use in ..... exploration. In both, the ability of nanotubes and other fine, filamentous particles …
-
Carbon-nanotubes -CNT-sliced
(December 17, 2010) -- Carbon nanotubes (CNT) have a diameter 1/50,000th ..... behind cutting single-walled carbon nanotubes . Tubes are compressed from both ends ..... intensity atomic-level sonic boomlets cause nanotubes to buckle and twist at compression …
-
Ozone-brightens-up-carbon nanotubes -says-Rice-U-research
… discovered a simple way to make carbon nanotubes shine brighter. Rice researcher Bruce ..... to batches of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) and exposing them to light ..... the process of making these bright nanotubes is incredibly easy -- "simple enough …
-
Rice team generates first-ever images of nanotubes in living organism
… captured the first optical images of carbon nanotubes inside a living organism. (Photo ..... captured the first optical images of carbon nanotubes inside a living organism. Using fruit ..... was capable of detecting DNA-sized nanotubes inside living fruit flies. "Carbon …
