| 单词 | nanotube |
| 例句 | “The Chancellor couldn’t think of anything specific for me to do,” she chirps in a high squeaky voice, “so I will be looking for raw material for nanotech. Do you know anything about carbon nanotubes?” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Their inevitable meeting — a scientist mutters something about using carbon nanotubes to strengthen Gardner’s bone density — occasions an Earth road trip. Review: ‘The Space Between Us,’ the Story of a Boy Who Fell to Earth 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z A lot of attention is focused on fabricating carbon nanotubes – which can transmit electrical signals at 10 times the speed of silicon chips. Human behaviour: is it all in the brain – or the mind? 2013-06-29T23:05:40Z As they flow through the reactor, the reactants interact weakly with the carbon nanotubes, exposing them to the electric field. An electrical switch to control chemical reactions 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z While traditional technologies use silicon, the researchers constructed the miniaturized transistors from two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide and one-dimensional carbon nanotubes. AI just got 100-fold more energy efficient 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z One solution is to add metal particles, nanowires or carbon nanotubes to a polymer in order to make the stretchable material conductive. Shape-Shifting, Self-Healing Machines Are Among Us 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z In 2019, a team of researchers at M.I.T. led by Max Shulaker announced that it had built a microprocessor from carbon nanotubes that promised 10 times the energy efficiency of today’s silicon chips. A Tech Industry Pioneer Sees a Way for the U.S. to Lead in Advanced Chips 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Most people know of diamond, graphite, and charcoal, but fewer people know of the recent discovery of fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and graphene. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z Instead it wields a blunt instrument in the form of nanotube “bridges”—cylinders constructed of the common protein actin that are no more than a few tens of nanometers in diameter. COVID Virus May Tunnel through Nanotubes from Nose to Brain 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z The buckyball discovery also was key in the development of nanotubes, essentially graphite rolled into atomic-level cylinders, used as super-efficient pathways for electricity and thermal exchange. Robert Curl, Nobel-winning chemist in ‘buckyball’ discovery, dies at 88 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z They’ve created DNA nanotube rails that branch in multiple directions, with each unique track made up of unique DNA patterns. Biologists have created the world’s smallest ‘train switchyard’ 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z In this view, a carbon nanotube wall transforms from a smooth, static surface into a dynamic pool of electrons that can buckle and ripple when disturbed. Quantum Friction Explains Water’s Freaky Flow 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Depending upon the shape of the nanotube, it may be a conductor or semiconductor. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z These tunneling nanotubes extend across cell-to-cell gaps to penetrate a neighbor and give viral particles a direct route into COVID-impervious tissue. COVID Virus May Tunnel through Nanotubes from Nose to Brain 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Vantablack is an “ultrablack” material made from carbon nanotubes that was discovered by accident in the pursuit of other, potentially more useful scientific breakthroughs. You’ll never believe it, Samsung made a black phone 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z The gel—a mix of carbon nanotubes in polymers with a water-attracting calcium chloride salt—causes the vapor to condense into droplets that the gel holds. New solar panels suck water from air to cool themselves down 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z This different perspective allowed the researchers to identify electrons as the main culprit behind friction between the carbon nanotube and water. Quantum Friction Explains Water’s Freaky Flow 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z The basis for the synthesis of carbon nanotubes is the generation of carbon atoms in a vacuum. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z The virus may be capable of commandeering a cell’s own nanotubes, diverting them away from other routine tasks, such as transferring lipids and proteins between cells. COVID Virus May Tunnel through Nanotubes from Nose to Brain 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Carbon nanotubes placed on a stretchy substrate create a flexible supercapacitor that remains fully functional even when deformed to eight times its original size. Daily briefing: PCR, serological, CRISPR — the diagnostic tests for coronavirus available now and in the works 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z In the present work, the sensor is made from ultraclean carbon nanotubes. Electrons in graphene go with the flow 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Water molecules have slightly different charges on each of their ends, so when they flow along nanotube walls, the electrons within those walls respond to the molecules’ slight electric nudge by all moving in synchrony. Quantum Friction Explains Water’s Freaky Flow 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Carbon nanotubes are extremely strong materials that are harder than diamond. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z Zurzolo and her team wondered if the coronavirus was using tunneling nanotubes to sneak into cells that were not studded with these receptors. COVID Virus May Tunnel through Nanotubes from Nose to Brain 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z More specifically, the cobalt phthalocyanine complex must be physically adsorbed to the surface of the carbon nanotubes as individual molecules. Molecular catalyst converts carbon dioxide to methanol 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Individual electrons are confined within these nanotubes by electrodes. Electrons in graphene go with the flow 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z They are hoping to eventually test their theory with flowing liquids other than water, and nanotubes composed of elements besides carbon. Quantum Friction Explains Water’s Freaky Flow 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Artists today are experimenting with the new carbon nanotube coatings, to plumb such evergreen themes as the nature of light, absence, perception, deception and jewelry. Ultra-Black Is the New Black 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z By tagging viral proteins with antibodies and fluorescent compounds so that they stood out, the researchers captured high-resolution images of the virus within the tunneling nanotubes that connected the cells. COVID Virus May Tunnel through Nanotubes from Nose to Brain 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z And while much of his work entailed red-teaming, he never abandoned science: At 81, he was awarded a patent for an invention involving a chemical warfare sensor made with carbon nanotubes. Stephen Lukasik, physicist turned Pentagon research director, dies at 88 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z That process is energy intensive and expensive, typically costing about $100,000 to produce 1 ton of nanotubes. Can the world make the chemicals it needs without oil? 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z In such cases, molecules in the liquid and the electrons within nanotube walls would follow different patterns of interaction, possibly leading to changes in the degree of quantum friction. Quantum Friction Explains Water’s Freaky Flow 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z As the graphite heats up, it saturates the ring-like structure of the metal and starts to push upward into a vertical array of hollow cylinders, each some billionth of an inch thick — the carbon nanotubes. Ultra-Black Is the New Black 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z The experiments also showed that cells infected with the coronavirus grew far more tunneling nanotubes than uninfected cells, suggesting that the virus itself spurs a cell to put out these connectors. COVID Virus May Tunnel through Nanotubes from Nose to Brain 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z The carbon nanotube device is far from a modern computer processing unit, but it churned out the message: “Hello, World! I am RV16XNano, made from CNTs.” Daily briefing: DARPA tweets request for an underground lair 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Because it uses waste CO2, Licht notes it is carbon negative: Making each ton of carbon nanotubes uses 4 tons of CO2. Can the world make the chemicals it needs without oil? 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Lydéric Bocquet says that it may even be possible to control the amount of friction a flowing liquid experiences by constructing nanotubes with electron behavior explicitly in mind. Quantum Friction Explains Water’s Freaky Flow 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z But scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reported in September the creation of a carbon nanotube coating that they claim captures better than 99.995 of the incident light. Ultra-Black Is the New Black 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z HIV also takes advantage of tunneling nanotubes to move between cells, and the Marburg virus triggers the growth of filopodia. COVID Virus May Tunnel through Nanotubes from Nose to Brain 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Scientists are looking beyond silicon, by constructing a computer chip using carbon nanotubes. Podcast: Carbon-based computing, and depleting ancient-human genomes 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Carbon nanotubes are rolled up sheets of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagon pattern. Biggest carbon-nanotube chip yet says ‘Hello, World!’ 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Consider, for instance, the puzzling case of carbon nanotubes: Experiments have shown that, against common sense, the narrower these minuscule pipes are, the less friction water “feels” within them, and the faster the resulting flow. Quantum Friction Explains Water’s Freaky Flow 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z N.I.S.T. disk number two was an example of advanced ultra-black technology: elaborately engineered arrays of tiny carbon cylinders, or nanotubes, designed to capture and muzzle any light they encounter. Ultra-Black Is the New Black 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z The nanotubes may help the virus avoid antibodies, allowing it to linger longer in the body. COVID Virus May Tunnel through Nanotubes from Nose to Brain 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Transistors based on semiconducting carbon nanotubes are clear front runners as replacements for silicon transistors in advanced microelectronic devices. Carbon-nanotube computer scaled up 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Vantablack is made from carbon nanotubes, which are tiny carbon cylinders with walls as thin as one atom. How carbon nanotubes built this bizarre ultrablack material 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Their work, published in Nature in February, reveals that it is not so much the surface of nanotube walls that matters as much as what the electrons inside of it are up to. Quantum Friction Explains Water’s Freaky Flow 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z How about if we smother a diamond in a layer of ultra-black carbon nanotubes, Ms. Strebe suggested, and watch its facets disappear? Ultra-Black Is the New Black 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z His work showed that the coronavirus increases production of the enzyme casein kinase II, which in turn helps build the protein backbone of filopodia and nanotubes. COVID Virus May Tunnel through Nanotubes from Nose to Brain 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Each transistor consists of three electrodes known as the source, the gate and the drain; the source and the drain are separated by a channel that is formed of semiconducting carbon nanotubes. Carbon-nanotube computer scaled up 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z He chose to pursue membranes made from thin plastic sheets shot through with myriad carbon nanotubes—tiny hollow tubes made entirely from carbon atoms. This former playwright aims to turn solar and wind power into gasoline 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z “We started an experimental program to measure the flow of water inside a single nanotube and ended up with the same result. But we could not explain it.” Quantum Friction Explains Water’s Freaky Flow 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z The combination of excellent light absorption and low crystal symmetry means that the nanotube exhibits a substantial BPVE. Sunlight harvested by nanotubes 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z The nanotube route “is a shortcut that propagates infection fast and between different organs, permissive or not permissive, to the infection,” says Chiara Zurzolo, a cell biologist at the Pasteur Institute, who conducted the study. COVID Virus May Tunnel through Nanotubes from Nose to Brain 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z The result is a substrate covered with roughly a single-layer of randomly oriented nanotubes. Carbon-nanotube computer scaled up 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z The membranes, known as carbon nanotubes, allowed him to conduct several steps of the separation process while the carbon was still in liquid form — making the process significantly cheaper. The quest to make gasoline out of thin air 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Thus, friction still occurs even within a perfectly smooth nanotube as electrons dance in unison to a tune set by water molecules. Quantum Friction Explains Water’s Freaky Flow 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z The authors’ results demonstrate the great potential of nanotubes in harvesting solar energy, and raise several technological challenges and scientific questions. Sunlight harvested by nanotubes 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Pal et al. present data that implicate nanotube structures in the potential direct scavenging of nutrients from host cells. Reconfiguration of a bacterial transport system generates a reverse gear 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z Hills et al. then deposited metal on the nanotubes to connect them to the source and the drain. Carbon-nanotube computer scaled up 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Most versions of Vantablack use a dense coating of carbon nanotubes that trap almost all light that hits its surface. How Gesaffelstein’s Coachella set tricked minds with the world’s blackest black 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z In wider nanotubes, where more electrons can join the communal choreography, the effect is enhanced, and water flows less easily. Quantum Friction Explains Water’s Freaky Flow 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z From an applications perspective, it would be instructive to fabricate and characterize a solar cell that is made up of an array of semiconductor nanotubes, to check the feasibility of scaling up the approach. Sunlight harvested by nanotubes 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Experiments by Pal et al. indicate that nanotube formation depends on the expression of only a subset of the components that form the T3SS in E. coli. Reconfiguration of a bacterial transport system generates a reverse gear 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z The authors covered the rest of each nanotube with carefully selected and trimmed oxide materials, to isolate the nanotubes from their surroundings and to adjust their properties. Carbon-nanotube computer scaled up 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Her idea was to deliver DNA using carbon nanotubes, which are essentially stiff cylinders that are incredibly small. Glowing, toxin-detecting plants are the green engineering of the future 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z For example, understanding flows through carbon nanotubes could improve water desalination processes, says Jeffrey Sokoloff, a physicist at Northeastern University who was not part of the study. Quantum Friction Explains Water’s Freaky Flow 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Therefore, a uniform symmetry across the nanotube array would be needed to gather a collective current from the solar cell. Sunlight harvested by nanotubes 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Pal and colleagues found that expression of the export apparatus alone is sufficient for nanotubes to form in E. coli. Reconfiguration of a bacterial transport system generates a reverse gear 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z However, certain combinations of standard cells are more vulnerable to the presence of metallic nanotubes than are others. Carbon-nanotube computer scaled up 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Her team mixes DNA-coated carbon nanotubes into cell cultures and observes the transformations, like where the DNA goes and what it does. Glowing, toxin-detecting plants are the green engineering of the future 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Read the whole package, including a review on using renewables like coconut fiber for building cars and incorporating carbon nanotubes and graphene into composites. How the appendix could hold the keys to Parkinson’s disease, and materials scientists mimic nature 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z The thin, flexible cylinders of carbon known as carbon nanotubes might fit the bill. Will Elevators to Outer Space Ever Get Off the Ground? 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Given the location of the export apparatus at the core of the T3SS, the use of export-apparatus proteins to drive nanotube formation would be incompatible with these components also functioning as part of an injectisome. Reconfiguration of a bacterial transport system generates a reverse gear 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z Hills and colleagues’ achievement is based on averaging the performances of several nanotubes in each transistor channel. Carbon-nanotube computer scaled up 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z He is fashioning 3D chips with transistors made of carbon nanotubes, which switch on and off faster and more efficiently than silicon transistors. Beyond silicon: $1.5 billion U.S. program aims to spur new types of computer chips 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z The natural world might not produce innovations like carbon nanotubes, but evolution has forged innumerable materials from very limited resources—mostly sugars, proteins, and minerals. How the appendix could hold the keys to Parkinson’s disease, and materials scientists mimic nature 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z They had to thread a molecule of methane through a simulated carbon nanotube; unwind a helical molecule and wind it up in the opposite direction; and tie a knot in a simulated protein. It’s Time for a Chemistry Lesson. Put on Your Virtual Reality Goggles. 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z This suggests that a regulatory mechanism would be needed to ensure that export-apparatus proteins are assigned to form either an injectisome or a nanotube. Reconfiguration of a bacterial transport system generates a reverse gear 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z One isolates rare-earth elements with carbon nanotube technology; another recovers key minerals by bombarding them with underwater sound waves. E-Waste Offers an Economic Opportunity as Well as Toxicity 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z In some cases they are large enough to be considered microtubes rather than nanotubes, and some researchers believe that the smaller TNTs are functionally different from microtubes. Cells Talk and Help One Another via Tiny Tube Networks 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Pattern recognition using carbon nanotube synaptic transistors with an adjustable weight update protocol. Multi-terminal memtransistors from polycrystalline monolayer molybdenum disulfide 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z In tallying the time each task took, the researchers found that in VR, threading the nanotube and tying the knot went much quicker. It’s Time for a Chemistry Lesson. Put on Your Virtual Reality Goggles. 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z It is therefore possible that, before making contact with host cells, certain populations of bacterial cells are poised either to assemble injectisomes or to form nanotubes. Reconfiguration of a bacterial transport system generates a reverse gear 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z Mechanically durable and highly stretchable transistors employing carbon nanotube semiconductor and electrodes. Skin electronics from scalable fabrication of an intrinsically stretchable transistor array 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z But the good news is that these micro- and nanotubes also represent a completely new therapeutic target, Winkler said. Cells Talk and Help One Another via Tiny Tube Networks 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z The result is a chemical called the carbon nanotube that is absorbed by the process of converting a solid oxide into a chemical that is specific to the cellular nerve. How soon will computers replace The Economist’s writers? 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z While some UW researchers are working on transforming amorphous coal into more ordered or useful carbon materials - such as graphene or carbon nanotubes - others are taking those creations and exploring possible applications for them. University of Wyoming researchers developing coal-based tech 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z While some UW researchers are working on transforming amorphous coal into more ordered or useful carbon materials — such as graphene or carbon nanotubes — others are taking those creations and exploring possible applications for them. University of Wyoming researchers developing coal-based tech 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Skin-like pressure and strain sensors based on transparent elastic films of carbon nanotubes. Skin electronics from scalable fabrication of an intrinsically stretchable transistor array 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z Self-assembly of carbon nanotubes into two-dimensional geometries using DNA origami templates. Fractal assembly of micrometre-scale DNA origami arrays with arbitrary patterns 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Her device uses carbon nanotubes to detect the presence of lead. Girl of 11 takes young scientist prize 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Their research concerning carbon nanotubes, graphene and nanoribbons, and their application in electronics are, however, topics that might also be regarded as worthy of a chemistry prize. Predictions for the 2017 Chemistry Nobel Prize 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z His team went on to describe different sorts of nanotube, some holding vesicles and mitochondria inside, and others with bacteria 'surfing' the casing5. How the Internet of cells has biologists buzzing 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Wearable electrocardiogram monitor using carbon nanotube electronics and color-tunable organic light-emitting diodes. Skin electronics from scalable fabrication of an intrinsically stretchable transistor array 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z An international team of scientists made the new material, called “twistron harvesters,” by tying a carbon nanotube string into a tangled weave of carbon and submerging it into an electrolyte gel. These tangled carbon nanotubes can harvest energy directly from breathing and ocean waves 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z So Noy and other researchers decided to use carbon nanotubes, which are incredibly strong. These microscopic tubes may one day help turn seawater to drinking water 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Then they dipped the fibers in an ultrafine silicon powder and heated them, which converts the carbon nanotubes into silicon carbide fibers. Fuzzy Fibers Could Help Rockets Take the Heat 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Smith is developing methods to visualize membrane nanotubes using lattice light-sheet microscopy, which monitors planes of light to build up 3D images. How the Internet of cells has biologists buzzing 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z The researchers managed to lay several parallel nanotubes close together in each transistor. Scientists use carbon nanotubes to make the world’s smallest transistors 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z His smelling machine uses an array of sensors composed of gold nanoparticles or carbon nanotubes. One Day, a Machine Will Smell Whether You’re Sick 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z But the nanotubes described in today’s study rival nature itself. These microscopic tubes may one day help turn seawater to drinking water 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z She pioneered techniques to study materials that were just one atom thick, and predicted the possibility and characteristics of nanotubes. Mildred S. Dresselhaus (1930-2017) : Nature : Nature Research 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z In 2004, two research groups separately published observations of something even more radical: nanotubes in mammalian cells that seemed to move cargo such as organelles and vesicles back and forth. How the Internet of cells has biologists buzzing 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Carrying enough electrical current from one contact to another requires several nanotube “wires.” Scientists use carbon nanotubes to make the world’s smallest transistors 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z She was prominent in the development of carbon nanotubes, ultra-thin-walled, tubular structures composed of many carbon atoms, that promised advances in the conduction of electricity and the creation of sturdier materials. Mildred Dresselhaus, physicist dubbed ‘queen of carbon science,’ dies at 86 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z She published more than 1,700 scientific papers, co-wrote eight books and gathered a stack of accolades as fat as a nanotube is fine. Mildred Dresselhaus, the Queen of Carbon, Dies at 86 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z The passages on applications, from quantum computing and encryption to nanotubes and graphene, are gripping, but the whole is a bit too episodic. Books in brief : Nature : Nature Research 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z He thinks that other researchers are sceptical of nanotubes because they are unable to reconcile themselves to the idea that cells are constantly exchanging materials, including genetic information. How the Internet of cells has biologists buzzing 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z The company says its carbon nanotube technology compete against traditional memory chips that are in devices ranging from fitness trackers to data centers. Nanotube Chip Firm Nantero Gets $21 Million to Take on Memory Market 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z When chemical contaminants are absorbed by the roots or leaves, they attach to the nanotubes, causing the nanotubes' fluorescence to decrease by an amount that depends on the level of the compound. Plant nanotechnology: Bionic plant can sense explosives : Nature : Nature Research 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z To read the signal, the researchers shine a laser onto the leaf, prompting the embedded nanotubes to emit near-infrared fluorescent light. 'Bionic' plants can detect explosives - BBC News 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z In their device, a carbon nanotube laid underneath a flake of the material acts as the gate, switching the current off when a voltage is applied to it. Electronics: Shortest transistor made : Nature : Nature Research 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Chen's team overcame this by creating a cathode from a 3D carbon nanotube structure. China: High-tech transformation : Nature : Nature Research 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z His lab is working on a set of nanotubes that cross the blood–brain barrier and emit light when they encounter a neurotransmitter in the brain2. Brain's chemical signals seen in real time 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z Michael Strano and his colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge coated carbon nanotubes with a peptide that binds to nitroaromatic compounds, which include explosives. Plant nanotechnology: Bionic plant can sense explosives : Nature : Nature Research 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z When the target molecule binds to a polymer material wrapped around the nanotube, it changes the way it glows. 'Bionic' plants can detect explosives - BBC News 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z The study of buckyballs led to the discovery of cylindrical carbon structures called carbon nanotubes, which propelled the field of nanotechnology. Harry Kroto, Nobel laureate who helped discover the buckyball, dies at 76 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z "What our device does is untangle the carbon nanotubes and then slices them, so you overcome two problems in one go," he says. Machine that 'unboils' eggs may help fight cancer - BBC News 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z But in Bao’s sensors, pressure alters the oscillating frequency of microscopic circuits made from carbon nanotubes to generate the right kind of signals automatically. 365 days: Nature’s 10 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z The 'ink' for this tattoo consists of carbon nanotubes coated with dangling polymer strands, which have a lock-and-key chemical structure that recognizes biomarkers by dictating which molecules can dock with them4. The inside story on wearable electronics 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z He reported that this boosted the rate of plant photosynthesis because the nanotubes absorbed light at wavelengths that the chloroplasts do not. Bionic roses implanted with electronic circuits 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z In that earlier work, the group designed tiny rubber pillars containing electrically conductive carbon nanotubes, which were placed over a pair of electrodes side by side. Sensors may soon give prosthetics a lifelike sense of touch 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z This creates a kink in the structure - with the nanotube bent, his team added vibrational energy, using a near-infrared laser to slice through the weakened kink where the tube was folded. Machine that 'unboils' eggs may help fight cancer - BBC News 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z She finds a thin, nearly weightless patch made of carbon nanotubes that attaches to the wrist like a sticking plaster and monitors the wearer’s heart rate. 365 days: Nature’s 10 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z When biomarkers bind to the polymer, they subtly change the optical properties of the nanotube: shine a light on the tattoo, and a glow reveals the presence of the biomarker. The inside story on wearable electronics 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z The heart of the design is a layer of flexible, rubbery polymer, laced with carbon nanotubes and shaped into tiny pyramids. 'Digital skin' activates brain cells - BBC News 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z But when touched, the pressure squishes the pillars, pushing the conductive nanotubes together to make a continuous electrical path and allowing current to flow. Sensors may soon give prosthetics a lifelike sense of touch 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z "It's a nice finding. I don't think it will completely revolutionise carbon nanotube research, but it's a significant advance in the field." Machine that 'unboils' eggs may help fight cancer - BBC News 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z The artificial skin consists of two layers: The top layer is a waffled plastic that contains carbon "nanotubes," which conduct electricity when pressure is placed on the plastic. Artificial Skin Could Bring Sense of Touch to Prosthetics 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z The sensor they created combines a stretchy printed circuit with a layer of carbon nanotubes, which conduct more electricity the more they're compressed. A new kind of printed 'artificial skin' turns pressure into nerve pulses 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z IBM, for example, is looking into carbon nanotubes as a promising alternative to silicon, which isn’t useful in transistors below 10 nanometers. Here's Why Nobody's Talking About Nanotech Anymore 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z The team used an infrared microscope, a heating iron attached to a robotic arm, and other hi-tech instruments, to examine hair the same way they would carbon nanotubes. Heating up hair science 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z The challenge of carbon nanotubes in their typical state is that they form what scientists call a giant “hairball” of interwoven molecules. IBM Scientists Find New Way to Shrink Transistors 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Through that process, metal atoms are chemically bound to carbon atoms at the ends of the nanotubes, allowing for much smaller processors without sacrifices in performance. IBM's New Research Could Mean Much More Powerful Computers 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z But will you actually benefit from being part of a school that works to improve the development of carbon nanotubes? 4 Factors to Consider Before Applying to Ivy League Schools 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z He also wondered if the carbon dioxide could be converted into more advanced, structural materials like graphene or carbon nanotubes. XPRIZE wants technologies to convert carbon emissions into valuable resources 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z One solution is materials with very high surface areas, such as carbon nanotubes and graphene. New electric storage material could put more zip in your Tesla 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Chemists are developing tiny devices made from carbon nanotubes wrapped with polymers to detect biologically important compounds such as insulin, nitric oxide and the blood-clotting protein fibrinogen. Nanotube implants show diagnostic potential 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z The materials—noncylindrical cousins of carbon nanotubes, composed of chains of carbon atoms less than a micrometer wide—are used in making composite materials, chemical catalysts, and even scanning probe microscopes. A carbon capture strategy that pays 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Using carbon nanotubes to enhance the efficiency of laser-driven tabletop particle acceleration. Physics Week in Review: August 8, 2015 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z The first prototype of the kirigami-inspired stretchable conductor involved paper covered in carbon nanotubes—pipes of carbon that are only nanometers, or billionths of a meter, wide that possess remarkable electrical conductivity. Accordion-Like Conductors Could Spawn Flexible Display Screens 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z “If a nanotube’s diameter or chirality—the angle at which its carbon atoms are “rolled”—varies by even a tiny amount, its band gap may vanish, rendering it useless as a digital circuit element. Computing after Moore’s Law 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z The nitric oxide sensors also performed well when injected into the bloodstreams of mice, successfully passing through small capillaries in the lungs, which are an area of concern for nanotube toxicity. Nanotube implants show diagnostic potential 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Energy and other resources would be transported through tiny tubes - “nanotubes” - built into roads. Middle-school kids model cities of future in contest at LSU 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z In this activity you'll compare the strength of paper that is stacked in sheets versus rolled in tubes to simulate the difference between flaky graphite and carbon nanotubes. Superstrong Science: Explore Nanotechnology Using Paper 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z For now, I.B.M.’s focus remains the single-walled carbon nanotube, which was developed at Rice by Tour’s mentor and predecessor, Rick Smalley. Graphene: Fast, Strong, Cheap, and Impossible to Use | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Engineers must also be able to place nanotubes by the billions into neat rows just a few nanometers apart, using the same technology that silicon fabs rely on now.” Computing after Moore’s Law 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z The approach takes advantage of nanotubes’ natural ability to fluoresce: when light hits a sensor, the nanotube dims or brightens depending on whether it is bound to a molecule of interest. Nanotube implants show diagnostic potential 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Each link responds to one particular gas, by changing how the nanotubes conducts electricity. Canary Out, Smartphone In For Gas Detection 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z But the computing giant has stressed nanotubes not for amplifying radio signals but but for making smaller, faster transistors for use in microprocessors. Startup Advances Carbon-Nanotube Chips 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Without quite admitting that he has lost interest in carbon nanotubes, Tour told me that they “never really commercialized well.” Graphene: Fast, Strong, Cheap, and Impossible to Use | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Carbon Nanotubes Roll a single-atom sheet of carbon into a cylinder and the situation improves: carbon nanotubes develop a band gap and, along with it, some semiconducting properties. Computing after Moore’s Law 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z To design one sensor, MIT researchers coated nanotubes with a mix of polymers and nucleotides and screened for configurations that would bind to the protein fibrinogen. Nanotube implants show diagnostic potential 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z For the new application, the scientists added links to the circuit made of carbon nanotubes. Canary Out, Smartphone In For Gas Detection 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z The Los Angeles-area startup on Wednesday is disclosing plans to apply the molecular structures known as carbon nanotubes to a novel area: radio components for mobile devices. Startup Advances Carbon-Nanotube Chips 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z For the first time, scientists have discovered how to produce ultra-thin ‘diamond nanothreads’ that promise extraordinary properties, including strength and stiffness greater than that of today’s strongest nanotubes and polymers. Ultra-thin Nanothread Discovery Could Make Diamonds An Astronaut's Best Friend 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z But Pavlus found that even the researchers charged with developing carbon nanotube–based computing had their doubts. Computing after Moore’s Law 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z He is developing what he calls Cyborg sensors, which include biological and mechanical components – a combination of carbon nanotubes and single-stranded DNA that preferentially bond with one specific chemical compound. Training Dogs to Sniff Out Cancer 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Carbon nanotubes are an example of how that might happen. The $6m Man Blurs The Line Between Living And Non-living 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z Carbonics says it has developed proprietary ways to exploit nanotubes, which it buys from commercial suppliers and spins onto the surface of silicon wafers. Startup Advances Carbon-Nanotube Chips 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z In another, a bundle of carbon nanotubes looks like a cross between a jellyfish and a mushroom cloud. September Science Events: Beautiful Pathogens and Extreme Close-ups 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z The device uses carbon nanotubes and biomarkers to detect hostile cells. How to Become a Billionaire 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z It leverages the magic of carbon nanotubes to stave off death at an undisclosed price. Paycheck Friday! 7 Worthy Splurges Based On Your Income Tax Bracket 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Computing based on carbon nanotubes or graphene, for example, presents formidable challenges in reliable fabrication. Future computing 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Carbon is becoming both the bête noir and the deus ex machina of our civilization, depending on whether it is in the form of carbon dioxide, hydrocarbon fuels, or carbon nanotubes! Vinton G. Cerf: The Value of "Investment by the U.S. Government" Cannot Be Overstated 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z That's because the dense coating of carbon nanotubes, rolled sheets of carbon atoms like the one seen above, are used to create a lattice that absorbs virtually all light as it's refracted around the tubes. Company says it's created the world's blackest black with carbon nanotubes 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z The discovery opened the flood gates for creating more carbon structures with impressive qualities, such as carbon nanotubes and the single-atom thick graphene. First boron ‘buckyball’ could be used to store hydrogen : Nature News Blog 2014-07-12T04:00:00Z IBM’s also looking to replace the materials used in a chip themselves, testing carbon nanotubes as an alternative to transistors and graphene as a smaller and more efficient replacement for the existing silicon semiconductors. Why IBM Just Bet 10% Of Its Research Budget On $3 Billion Next-Gen Chips 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z The second goal is to accelerate progress on novel and promising, if unproved, approaches — designs that employ quantum physics, carbon nanotubes and chips inspired by the brain, called neuromorphic chips. IBM Wants to Invent the Chips of the Future, Not Make Them 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z The method developed by Kanzius involves spiking cancer cells with gold or carbon nanotubes, which are attached to cancer-targeting agents that seek out protein receptors on cancer cells. Pa. man’s novel cancer treatment near trials 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Super-black carbon nanotube coatings are used in telescopes and other instruments that need to operate without any kind of noise from reflected light. Company says it's created the world's blackest black with carbon nanotubes 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Because they are strong and light-weight, thermosets are used throughout modern cars and aircraft, often mixed with carbon nanotubes to form composites. New plastics created 'by accident' 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Meet carbon nanotubes: atom-thin layers of carbon rolled into incredibly tiny tubes — carbon being a chemical element that, among other things, allows us and all other forms of organic matter to exist. How to Generate Solar Power Where the Sun Don’t Shine 2014-04-16T16:29:33Z The researchers turned plants into sensors by embedding carbon nanotubes that were engineered to fluoresce in response to nitric oxide, a pollutant from combustion. Implants Could Produce Botanical Steve Austins 2014-03-19T03:59:00Z Popular Mechanics that researchers threaded carbon nanotubes through the plant’s pores. Scientists Build a Better, Faster Bionic Plant 2014-03-18T09:24:01Z No nanotubes remained floating outside the chloroplasts in these experiments. Bionic Plants Offer Superpowered Photosynthesis 2014-03-16T18:01:00Z Scientists have been able to produce, consistently and in large volumes, lengths of about a millimeter of good quality carbon nanotubes and are working to scale it up and to test the materials in flight. Researching “super dust” and other materials that could reduce the cost of air and space travel 2014-02-11T14:56:55Z When the researchers tried to link their molecular switches to carbon nanotubes, they found they couldn’t get them half as close as their computer simulations indicated they’d need to. How to Generate Solar Power Where the Sun Don’t Shine 2014-04-16T16:29:33Z They inserted carbon nanotubes into the plants’ chloroplasts, the site of photosynthesis. Implants Could Produce Botanical Steve Austins 2014-03-19T03:59:00Z Aviation: A novel coating made of nanotubes offers a faster and more convenient alternative to... Weaponry and espionage: A shot from the dark 2013-11-28T15:58:37Z After six hours chloroplasts with carbon nanotubes in them boasted enhanced photosynthesis rates three times higher than untreated chloroplasts, including increasing the transport of electrons freed by sunshine by 49 percent. Bionic Plants Offer Superpowered Photosynthesis 2014-03-16T18:01:00Z Siochi is working specifically with carbon nanotubes, a type of nanoparticle that has the potential to produce structural components far superior to materials now in use. Researching “super dust” and other materials that could reduce the cost of air and space travel 2014-02-11T14:56:55Z Digging deeper, they discovered what was really going on: The photoswitching molecules were attaching to the carbon nanotubes in a way that brought the molecules themselves together much more closely than surmised. How to Generate Solar Power Where the Sun Don’t Shine 2014-04-16T16:29:33Z Sooty skies Aviation: A novel coating made of nanotubes offers a faster and more convenient alternative to... The Senate and the filibuster: Dropping the bomb 2013-11-28T15:58:37Z Luxury tailor launches $20,000 bulletproof suit made with carbon nanotubes. Physics Week in Review: November 9, 2013 2013-11-09T20:45:03.370Z Introduced carbon nanotubes found the chloroplasts in the leaves of an Arabidopsis thaliana, a small flowering plant often used in such studies. Bionic Plants Offer Superpowered Photosynthesis 2014-03-16T18:01:00Z IBM in particular wants to prepare carbon nanotubes for the day when the minimum feature size of transistors shrinks from about 28 nanometers to something closer to five nanometers. Carbon Nanotube Computer Hints at Future Beyond Silicon 2013-09-26T17:45:00.667Z The first nanotube computer is a simple device, consisting of 178 transistors rather than the hundreds of millions found in a contemporary silicon chip. A carbonic computer: Cylinder head 2013-09-26T15:05:58Z They found it extremely difficult to manufacture nanotubes without glaring imperfections that would render any transistor made from them dead. Scientists create first carbon nanotube computer 2013-09-25T17:44:43Z There, it seems as though certain metamaterials or carbon nanotubes are woven into the fabric itself, along with all the electronics, so the cloaking function can be activated with the touch of a button. Future Shock: Technology of "Continuum" Has Its Roots in Today 2013-08-07T13:45:06.183Z For example, the researchers used the nanotubes to carry nanosize particles of ceria, a compound composed of the rare earth metal cerium and oxygen, into the chloroplasts. Bionic Plants Offer Superpowered Photosynthesis 2014-03-16T18:01:00Z The team also tackled the metallic nanotubes problem by switching off the properly semiconducting nanotubes and running electricity through the metallic nanotubes to vaporize the latter through the intense heat buildup. Carbon Nanotube Computer Hints at Future Beyond Silicon 2013-09-26T17:45:00.667Z As transistors get smaller, they leak more current—but nanotube transistors leak less than silicon ones. A carbonic computer: Cylinder head 2013-09-26T15:05:58Z An ideal batch would sprout with the carbon nanotubes parallel to one another and without imperfections. Scientists create first carbon nanotube computer 2013-09-25T17:44:43Z The nanotube approach is similar to how desert mirages occur. Future Shock: Technology of "Continuum" Has Its Roots in Today 2013-08-07T13:45:06.183Z Foliage with nanotubes fluoresce under infrared light, but stop emitting light in the presence of nitric oxide, a compound common both to plants and pollution. Bionic Plants Offer Superpowered Photosynthesis 2014-03-16T18:01:00Z Carbon nanotube computing probably won't appear outside the lab for another 10 or 15 years, says Max Shulaker, a Stanford Ph.D. candidate and lead author on the paper. Carbon Nanotube Computer Hints at Future Beyond Silicon 2013-09-26T17:45:00.667Z The world’s sharpest saw blade is made of carbon nanotube wire coated with a diamond glaze: cuts with no dust. Physics Week in Review: August 3, 2013 2013-08-03T20:45:03.310Z Using clever algorithms, they arranged their circuit in such a way that, even if a few nanotubes were misaligned, their computer would still function. Scientists create first carbon nanotube computer 2013-09-25T17:44:43Z First, they coated these with carbon nanotubes, to improve their conductivity. Battery technology: A pile of wood 2013-07-04T15:04:16Z Carbon nanotube fibres are also now available to buy commercially, at least if you live in Japan. Nanotech roundup: ultra-colour TV, nano-flowers and Trojan blood cells 2013-06-25T06:00:04Z One key material being researched for that purpose is carbon, in the form of carbon nanotubes. Researchers Build World's Fastest Carbon Nanotube Transistor 2013-05-07T21:20:40Z Made of freeze-dried carbon nanotubes and graphene oxide, the material is reportedly the lightest solid material in the world. Photos of the Day: March 19 2013-03-19T19:39:56Z Someday we may look back on today’s iPhones and laptops as huge, clunky devices with outdated chips made of silicon that was long ago replaced by carbon nanotubes. Scientists create first carbon nanotube computer 2013-09-25T17:44:43Z All of a sudden I made a connection and wondered what would happen if I dispersed single wall carbon nanotubes with an antibody to a protein overexpressed in pancreatic cancer. Cancer, Innovation and a Boy Named Jack 2013-02-01T16:50:39Z The Dutch manufacturer Teijin Aramid is confident that its carbon nanotube fibres will be a winner and are touting them to the Japanese advanced materials market. Nanotech roundup: ultra-colour TV, nano-flowers and Trojan blood cells 2013-06-25T06:00:04Z Carbon nanotubes are molecules of carbon that are structured as cylinders on the nanoscale. Researchers Build World's Fastest Carbon Nanotube Transistor 2013-05-07T21:20:40Z Made of freeze-dried carbon nanotubes and graphene oxide, the material is reportedly the lightest solid material in the world. Photos of the Day: March 19 2013-03-19T19:39:56Z “Fancy chemical reactions will happen and, as a result, carbon nanotubes will sprout,” Mitra said. Scientists create first carbon nanotube computer 2013-09-25T17:44:43Z It uses exotic “inks” based on silver and carbon nanotubes. 3D printing: Your flexible friend 2012-12-13T16:07:42Z Any innovator wishing to work on or sell products based on single-walled carbon nanotubes in the United States must wade through more than 1,600 US patents that mention them. Physics: Make nanotechnology research open-source 2012-11-23T10:50:23.143Z But the size of the improvement goes a long way towards teaching scientists and engineers how to build ever-faster chips using carbon nanotubes. Researchers Build World's Fastest Carbon Nanotube Transistor 2013-05-07T21:20:40Z The final layer was a cathode composed of nanotubes. Carbon Emerges as New Solar Power Material 2012-11-16T16:15:04.933Z In total, the computer contains 178 transistors, each composed of 10 to 200 nanotubes. Scientists create first carbon nanotube computer 2013-09-25T17:44:43Z Their innovation relied on spinning lengths of carbon nanotubes into buff yarns whose twisting and untwisting mimicked natural muscles found in an elephant's trunk or a squid's tentacles. Waxing Innovative: Researchers Pump Up Artificial Muscles Using Paraffin 2012-11-16T02:15:05.160Z When the temperature rises, the wax melts and forces the nanotubes to contract. Wax-Filled Nanotubes Flex Their Muscles 2012-11-15T19:20:19Z Of course, don’t expect carbon nanotubes to replace your silicon chips anytime soon. Researchers Build World's Fastest Carbon Nanotube Transistor 2013-05-07T21:20:40Z If graphene is rolled into a cylinder, it becomes a carbon nanotube. Carbon Emerges as New Solar Power Material 2012-11-16T16:15:04.933Z The achievement by Stanford engineers marks the most complex electronic device ever built from carbon nanotubes, a man-made tubelike structure created from a one-atom-thick, rolled-up sheet of carbon. Scientists create first carbon nanotube computer 2013-09-25T17:44:43Z In about 25 milliseconds this expansion creates pressure causing the yarn's individual nanotube threads to twist and the yarn's length to contract. Waxing Innovative: Researchers Pump Up Artificial Muscles Using Paraffin 2012-11-16T02:15:05.160Z However, in the longer term, nanotube chips would run up against the same limits that silicon faces; as Dr Hannon puts it, "we're limited by the size of an atom eventually". Huge boost for nanotubes on chips 2012-10-29T09:31:21Z Carbon nanotubes are one of three promising technologies that engineers hope will be perfected in time to keep the industry on its Moore's Law pace. Bits Blog: I.B.M. Reports Nanotube Chip Breakthrough 2012-10-28T21:58:00Z IBM is working on replacing silicon channels in transistors with carbon nanotubes. Moore's Law: The Rule That Really Matters in Tech 2012-10-16T15:15:04.937Z But Mother Nature often intervenes, he said, and many a time they ended up with a bowl of nanotube spaghetti. Scientists create first carbon nanotube computer 2013-09-25T17:44:43Z That means lifting several tons would require a greater length of carbon nanotube yarn than is practical. Waxing Innovative: Researchers Pump Up Artificial Muscles Using Paraffin 2012-11-16T02:15:05.160Z The result was a series of neatly aligned nanotube devices, already wired up within the pattern, at a density of a billion per square centimetre. Huge boost for nanotubes on chips 2012-10-29T09:31:21Z Carbon nanotubes are essentially single sheets of carbon rolled into nanoscale tubes. Bits Blog: I.B.M. Reports Nanotube Chip Breakthrough 2012-10-28T21:58:00Z More exotic and more challenging is the possibility of using carbon nanotubes instead. Moore's Law: The Rule That Really Matters in Tech 2012-10-16T15:15:04.937Z Growing hollow cylinders of titanium oxide, called nanotubes, increases the surface area, allowing more molecules to be captured. Explosives Detectors Aim to Go Nose to Nose With Sniffer Dogs 2012-10-15T18:30:18Z To produce their "pencil lead" the team compressed a powder made up of the carbon nanotubes until it formed a solid substance. Pencil 'draws' sensors onto paper 2012-10-10T14:26:33Z They incude finding more efficient ways to sort through nanotubes - which are made in a wide variety of sizes and types - to select in large quantity and high accuracy the kind suitable for devices. Huge boost for nanotubes on chips 2012-10-29T09:31:21Z Perfecting the process will require a more highly purified form of the carbon nanotube material. Bits Blog: I.B.M. Reports Nanotube Chip Breakthrough 2012-10-28T21:58:00Z “Nowadays, circuits are based on nanotubes and graphene combinations,’’ she says. Queen of Carbon Science 2012-07-27T20:14:00Z It might even be possible to “tune” the nanotubes to capture specific kinds of explosives, he said. Explosives Detectors Aim to Go Nose to Nose With Sniffer Dogs 2012-10-15T18:30:18Z The technique takes advantage of the fact that ammonia binds to the nanotubes when it passes through them. Pencil 'draws' sensors onto paper 2012-10-10T14:26:33Z The experiments, , show a kind of two-part expoxy approach to individually place the nanotubes at high density. Huge boost for nanotubes on chips 2012-10-29T09:31:21Z Using carbon nanotubes, he and his colleagues immobilised two different enzymes on the electrodes of a fuel cell, where they generated electricity by freeing electrons from glucose. Medical implants: A sweet idea 2012-06-28T15:03:25Z For this, he is using carbon nanotubes, an incredibly strong material that is even smaller than the microscopic gecko hairs. Observatory: Gait Helps Geckos Stay on Their Sticky Toes 2012-06-25T22:28:52Z He built a transistor using carbon nanotubes, which are highly sensitive to electrical changes, and coated the surface of the nanotubes with a protein — one that detects bitterness, for example. Technology: The taste of things to come 2012-06-25T13:21:13.797Z "Our approach for overcoming the challenges of working with carbon nanotubes relies on a solvent-free method that is essentially similar to drawing with pencil on paper." Pencil 'draws' sensors onto paper 2012-10-10T14:26:33Z Andraka’s key insight is that there are noticeable changes in the electrical conductivity of the nanotubes when the distances between them changes. Wait, Did This 15-Year-Old From Maryland Just Change Cancer Treatment? 2012-06-18T13:08:39Z "It also puts a stamp of approval on the technology and the company," he said, noting that the carbon nanotubes had been looking for a big success in the industrial market for two decades. DuPont buys BAE unit, takes stake in U.S. start up 2012-06-08T17:48:11Z These discoveries helped lead to the development of novel materials, such as graphene and carbon nanotubes, which have applications in energy, medicine, optics and electronics. Top Scientists Share $1 Million Prize 2012-05-31T19:45:03.180Z Porifera Inc. is a two-year-old company based in Hayward, Calif. Vice president of business development, Jeffrey Mendelssohn, said it has achieved a breakthrough in forward osmosis membranes by using carbon nanotubes. Desalination: Energy Hog No More? Part 1 2012-05-31T17:54:07Z The vehicle’s design—nickel-titanium shape memory alloy wrapped in carbon nanotubes coated with a platinum catalyst, all tucked neatly under a silicone-based mesoglea—is truly unique in the world of robotics. Machine Counterpart: Nature's New Creatures 2012-05-08T16:45:00.240Z According to researchers at Rice University, a sponge made of pure carbon nanotubes with a dash of boron has been developed that can absorb up to 100 times its weight in oil. Nanosponge can absorb 100 times its weight in oil 2012-04-17T00:45:00.233Z Nanocomp makes yarn, wire, tape and sheet products using carbon nanotubes, which can absorb microwave or radar signals, and are incredibly conductive of electricity. DuPont buys BAE unit, takes stake in U.S. start up 2012-06-08T17:48:11Z Much of the physics, chemistry and engineering of graphene are similar to that of nanotubes and fullerenes. Material history: Learning from silicon 2012-03-14T22:50:51.667Z Today I report highlights from the company that is innovating with carbon nanotubes. Desalination: Energy Hog No More? Part 1 2012-05-31T17:54:07Z Carbon nanotubes, for example, have similar properties to graphene but fail the infrastructure test: they are difficult to align on a surface, tending to tangle up like spaghetti. Electronics: Back to analogue 2012-03-14T22:50:44.580Z One approach is to start with carbon nanotubes, which are essentially rolled up graphene. Production: Beyond sticky tape 2012-03-14T22:50:43.050Z Powell said the government's drive for greater energy efficiency would increase demand for more lightweight and strong materials, such as those made of carbon nanotubes. DuPont buys BAE unit, takes stake in U.S. start up 2012-06-08T17:48:11Z Later this month, however, the institute will release its first batch of standard reference carbon nanotubes — the result of three years’ work, according to Kalman Migler, who is overseeing the project. Nano rules fall foul of data gap 2011-12-07T18:20:19.277Z The new switch he and other student researchers are making is called a carbon nanotube field effect transistor, or C.N.F.E.T. Silicon?s Possible Successors Include Carbon Nanotubes 2011-12-06T01:27:26Z One structure that is receiving fresh scrutiny is the membrane nanotube: a thin thread of membrane suspended between cells. Cell biology: The new cell anatomy 2011-11-30T18:20:28.260Z Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas's NanoTech Institute in 2009 developed a carbon nanotube–based artificial muscle capable of operating in extreme temperatures, making it ideal for use in space. Taut-Tech: Smaller, Softer Artificial Muscles to Help Bring Power to Toys and Cell Phones 2011-11-09T21:45:02.160Z Stephen Steiner of MIT made a dance based on his study of the chemistry of carbon nanotubes. Dancing to Epigenetics and Endocytosis 2011-10-14T21:08:32Z Researchers will be able to buy vials of the nanotubes to calibrate their measurement equipment and assess levels of common contaminants in their samples. Nano rules fall foul of data gap 2011-12-07T18:20:19.277Z The ultrafine wires made from carbon nanotubes are being laid down using a chemical process as the first step in making a computer circuit. Silicon?s Possible Successors Include Carbon Nanotubes 2011-12-06T01:27:26Z Scanning electron microscopy shows the fine structure of a nanotube connecting cultured rat cells. Cell biology: The new cell anatomy 2011-11-30T18:20:28.260Z In a new study published in the October 14 issue of Science, an international team of researchers describes how they’re taking carbon nanotube artificial muscles in a new direction. A Buff New Twist on Carbon Nanotube Artificial Muscles 2011-10-13T19:45:02.853Z Have you ever wondered what nanotube chemistry might look like as a dance? Dancing to Epigenetics and Endocytosis 2011-10-14T21:08:32Z The reference nanotubes, the first ever provided by a national standards agency, should help nanotoxicologists to pinpoint whether any observed adverse reactions are the result of nanoparticles rather than impurities, for example. Nano rules fall foul of data gap 2011-12-07T18:20:19.277Z Moreover, like the carbon nanotube design, it lends itself to three-dimensional structures. Silicon?s Possible Successors Include Carbon Nanotubes 2011-12-06T01:27:26Z The show includes Middle Stone Age artisans, NSF's "broader impacts" criteria, carbon nanotube muscles, and more. [Podcast] Science Podcast 2011-10-13T18:26:16.577Z These lab-made actuators are usually created by putting an electrical charge into a piece of polymer or into an aerogel sheet made from carbon nanotubes, causing those materials to expand and contract. A Buff New Twist on Carbon Nanotube Artificial Muscles 2011-10-13T19:45:02.853Z They tested the procedure on rats and inserted the nanotubes into their broken spines where cysts where forming. The Smallest Revolution: Five Recent Breakthroughs in Nanomedicine 2011-09-30T18:45:04.790Z But why would a cell draw in a nanotube, essentially impaling itself on a microscopic lance? Carbon Nanotubes Impale Compulsive Cells 2011-09-20T18:45:05.310Z Here at Stanford, Dr. Mitra says a system based on carbon nanotubes may greatly outperform Intel’s current 3-D transistor technology. Silicon?s Possible Successors Include Carbon Nanotubes 2011-12-06T01:27:26Z Made of carbon nanotubes and rubber, it could stretch by more than a third of its natural length, possibly enough to make robots become more agile. 'Electronic Skin' Grafts Gadgets to Body 2011-08-11T19:01:00Z If this research progresses it would multiply the potential uses for artificial muscles, in particular those made from carbon nanotubes. A Buff New Twist on Carbon Nanotube Artificial Muscles 2011-10-13T19:45:02.853Z There were also neurons inside the nanotubes where the peptides originally were. The Smallest Revolution: Five Recent Breakthroughs in Nanomedicine 2011-09-30T18:45:04.790Z Because of the regular alignment of the nanotubes, they were able to stress the material from various directions. Materials science: Stronger when stricken 2011-03-31T10:44:34Z All you need is carbon nanotubes included in the composite. Nanotubes Shrink Tests For Material Integrity 2011-03-28T15:45:00.470Z The device records data by measuring the current passing through a carbon nanotube, and the binary value of the data is determined by an electrode that controls the flow of current. Invention 'boosts phone storage' 2011-03-27T22:57:13Z Because the carbon nanotube yarns being studied are so slim—thinner than a human hair—there is also the potential to miniaturize such rotary systems. A Buff New Twist on Carbon Nanotube Artificial Muscles 2011-10-13T19:45:02.853Z More recently, I.B.M. researchers have said that they are excited about the possibility of using carbon nanotubes as an a partial step to build hybrid systems that straddle the nanoelectronic and microelectronic worlds. Remapping Computer Circuitry to Avert Impending Bottlenecks 2011-02-28T22:59:28Z The fact is, nanotubes do all kinds of unique things and they won’t prevail until those unique potentialities are explored. Steve Forbes Interview: Gilder On Tech Innovation 2011-02-14T05:42:03Z Because nanotubes will heat up in response to a small electric current. Nanotubes Shrink Tests For Material Integrity 2011-03-28T15:45:00.470Z The carbon nanotubes bonded very strongly to the paper, obviating the need for adhesives that decrease performance and significantly increase production costs, Cui and his colleagues note. Carbon Nanotubes Turn Office Paper into Batteries 2011-01-10T07:46:20.130Z Scientists have converted plain white office paper into batteries by adding ink-containing carbon nanotubes which conduct electricity. World Changing Ideas: December's Scientific American 2011-01-05T22:18:46.567Z "There are as many ways to roll graphene into a nanotube as there are ways to roll a newspaper," Yakobson said. Pure Nanotube-Type Growth Edges Toward the Possible 2010-12-08T17:18:00Z So you can actually change the filtration function that you want to perform in these nanotubes. Steve Forbes Interview: Gilder On Tech Innovation 2011-02-14T05:42:03Z "It looks like a metal sponge that is porous, it is made from trillions of entangled carbon nanotubes," she said in a telephone interview. Scientists create new anti-shock material 2010-12-02T19:01:00Z Another major obstacle to implementing these findings is the current high price of carbon nanotubes. Carbon Nanotubes Turn Office Paper into Batteries 2011-01-10T07:46:20.130Z Six years later, scientists began experimenting with carbon nanotubes. How and Why: Graphene seems valuable for computers, batteries and other uses 2010-10-25T19:56:00Z The process tends to be willy-nilly, leaving researchers the task of separating the nanotubes they need from the bulk through ultracentrifugation or other expensive procedures. Pure Nanotube-Type Growth Edges Toward the Possible 2010-12-08T17:18:00Z Though silver is a good conductor, carbon is cheaper, and the nanotubes provide the extra electrical conductivity needed. Clean water: Silver threads of life 2010-10-21T11:18:00Z One idea they pose is to embed the nanotubes in the fabric of hospital gowns to ward off infections, while remaining contained so that they would not harm the patient. Long the butt of jokes, hospital gowns get makeovers 2010-09-28T23:17:00Z Scientists have converted sheets of them into efficient electrical storage devices using ink loaded with carbon nanotubes. Carbon Nanotubes Turn Office Paper into Batteries 2011-01-10T07:46:20.130Z A team at an infant company is using tiny carbon structures called nanotubes to store electricity. Beyond Fossil Fuels: Gasoline Substitutes Researched With U.S. Funds 2010-08-18T18:26:00Z The most important components in the experiment were the carbon nanotubes, which are submicroscopic hollow tubes made of a chicken-wire-like lattice of carbon atoms. From Chemical to Electrical Energy 2010-08-10T15:25:00Z They are in the form of pure nanotubes without any binders. Making Paper That Can Stop Bullets 2010-08-02T10:00:00Z The technique involves manipulating the genes of a virus, in this case one that usually attacks bacteria, so that it will collect and coat itself with inorganic materials, like metals and even carbon nanotubes. Team?s Work Uses a Virus to Convert Methane to Ethylene 2010-06-28T21:10:00Z In this setup the nanotubes collected current from each electrode. Carbon Nanotubes Turn Office Paper into Batteries 2011-01-10T07:46:20.130Z Some researchers are working on sponges made of carbon nanotubes that soak up hydrogen. Tech.view: Hydrogen tries again 2010-04-23T07:52:00Z “The fuel is coated on the nanotube, wrapped around the tube like a jacket,” Strano explained. From Chemical to Electrical Energy 2010-08-10T15:25:00Z So instead, the team devised a way to coat the conducting nanotubes in a polymer to protect the electric charge and allow the ink to be purely semiconducting. Bar Codes Could be Next to Check Out 2010-03-29T16:24:00Z Heat from the fuel goes into the nanotube, where it travels thousands of times faster than in the fuel itself. Researchers Discover New Way of Producing Electricity 2010-03-09T15:35:00Z Based on their experiments, the researchers say that incorporating carbon nanotube paper into conventional rechargeable batteries could reduce their weight by up to 20 percent. Carbon Nanotubes Turn Office Paper into Batteries 2011-01-10T07:46:20.130Z Researchers reporting in Nature Materials say that unlike normal batteries, the nanotubes never lose their stored energy if left to sit. Nanotech 'fuse' for novel battery 2010-03-09T17:17:00Z If you add a little bit of heat, like a spark, once the fuel starts to heat, it goes inside the nanotube. From Chemical to Electrical Energy 2010-08-10T15:25:00Z The tags were made possible by the creation of semiconducting ink, which contains carbon nanotubes that will hold an electrical charge. Bar Codes Could be Next to Check Out 2010-03-29T16:24:00Z As the heat feeds back to the fuel coating, a thermal wave is created that is guided along the nanotube. Researchers Discover New Way of Producing Electricity 2010-03-09T15:35:00Z "However, carbon nanotube price will continuously drop as production ramps up," Cui notes. Carbon Nanotubes Turn Office Paper into Batteries 2011-01-10T07:46:20.130Z "We asked what would happen if you perform a chemical reaction near one of these, and the first thing we found is the nanotube will guide the reaction, accelerating it up to 10,000 times." Nanotech 'fuse' for novel battery 2010-03-09T17:17:00Z It moves at about one meter per second along the nanotube. From Chemical to Electrical Energy 2010-08-10T15:25:00Z The mixture of nanotubes created in Tour’s lab includes both semiconducting nanotubes and conducting nanotubes. Bar Codes Could be Next to Check Out 2010-03-29T16:24:00Z At the moment, carbon nanotubes are expensive—about $100 a kilogram, though that amount would dye a lot of fabric. 2010-02-11T10:38:00Z In fact, “the nanotube survives the harsh reaction and is not changed at all,” he said. From Chemical to Electrical Energy 2010-08-10T15:25:00Z The team used a laser or an electric spark to set off the reaction in a bundle of coated carbon nanotubes, filming the results using a high-speed camera. Nanotech 'fuse' for novel battery 2010-03-09T17:17:00Z “The kind of waves generated on nanotubes are very special,” Strano said. From Chemical to Electrical Energy 2010-08-10T15:25:00Z Their nanotube bundles carry, gram for gram, up to 100 times as much energy as a standard lithium-ion battery. Nanotech 'fuse' for novel battery 2010-03-09T17:17:00Z For the team, however, the first task is to understand just what is going on in the nanotubes, whose mechanical and electrical properties continue to surprise researchers in a number of fields. Nanotech 'fuse' for novel battery 2010-03-09T17:17:00Z |
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