Nanotechnology researchers have made novel carbon nanotube yarns that convert mechanical movement into electricity more effectively than other material-based energy harvesters. Nanotechnology ...

CNT yarns can be used in thermoelectric devices to produce electricity from low-grade waste heat. To this end, researchers from Okayama University in Japan developed a doping protocol to produce ...

Carbon nanotube (CNT) yarns are promising for flexible and fabric-type wearable materials that can convert waste heat into thermoelectricity. To improve the thermoelectric properties of CNT yarns, ...

This polymer coating converts the normal bipolar actuation of carbon nanotube yarns to unipolar actuation, where the muscle actuates in one direction over the entire stability range of the electrolyte ...

Most of the existing energy storage and structural materials have only one property between high strength or high energy storage capacity. By using carbon nanotube fiber that is light, strong, and has ...

When creating nanotubes, the biggest hindrance, and most time-consuming step, is the length of each nanotube. It is difficult to assemble the tubes with short fibers and unsecured ends; thus several ...

What’s just a bit thicker than a human hair and has ten times the capability of a human muscle? Polymer-coated carbon nanotube yarn. Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas created this yarn ...

Using silk fibers coated with carbon nanotubes, researchers have spun tough, conductive yarn that can be knit or woven into wearable sensors and other electronic devices (Matter 2019, DOI: ...

Researchers have used carbon nanotube fibers (CNTfs) to induce signals in heart scar tissue. Ventricular arrhythmias are one of the leading causes of sudden death. They are caused by random signals ...

Nanotechnology researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have made novel carbon nanotube yarns that convert mechanical movement into electricity more effectively than other material-based ...