CNTs possess great conductivity and high aspect ratio which enables the formation of a network of conductive tubes. Their exceptional mechanical properties derive from an amalgamation of strength, ...

New materials with improved mechanical properties are constantly needed to keep up with the rapid advancements in the mechanical industry. Graphene and carbon nanotube-reinforced metal matrix ...

Carbon nanotubes have emerged as a material of exceptional interest in both fundamental research and applied science, owing to their distinctive optical and electronic characteristics. Their quasi-one ...

Scientists have found a new way to make ultra-clean carbon nanotube transistors with superior semiconducting properties. Single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) have found many uses in electronics and ...

Carbon nanotubes are materials that have extraordinary properties which are useful across a variety of new, state-of-the-art applications in sensors, printed electronics, e-readers, flexible displays, ...

Imaging method allowed researchers to measure the nanotube quantum capacitance-a very unique property of an object from the nano-world That is a question that researchers studying ...

Carbon nanotubes are a relatively simple material but they possess some incredibly unique characteristics; their optical properties, for example, are highly interesting to those working in the ...

(Nanowerk News) The ubiquity of electronic devices makes it essential to use encryption and anti-counterfeiting tools to protect the privacy and security of users. With the growing expansion of the ...

In a groundbreaking development, scientists have engineered a bulletproof material that leverages the power of carbon nanotubes to deliver a performance three times stronger than Kevlar. This ...

Carbon nanotube transistors are finally making progress for potential use in advanced logic chips after nearly a quarter century in R&D. The question now is whether they will move out of the lab and ...

IBM scientists have demonstrated a new approach to carbon nanotechnology that opens up the path for commercial fabrication of dramatically smaller, faster and more powerful computer chips. For the ...