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How to make carbon nanotubes at room temperature
Metamodern —
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Made at 180°C (a record low, not long ago) As I noted in a recent post on self-assembled nanoelectronics ( “Carbon Nanotube Transistors through DNA Origami” ), carbon nanotubes (CNTs) hold promise for self-assembled nanomechanical systems, too: They are orders of magnitude stiffer than biomolecules, and can ...1 day ago -
Nanotubes in Space
Nanotechnology Law Report —
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Space, the final frontier. Captains James T. Kirk and Jean-Luc Picard One of the most significant challenges facing NASA in the development of the next generation of vehicle to replace the aging Space Shuttles and carry astronauts back to the Moon and the International Space Station (and beyond) is weight. ...3 days ago -
Long Lines
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Technology Review reports on progress in Making Carbon Nanotubes into Long Fibers A new method for assembling carbon nanotubes has been used to create fibers hundreds of meters long. Individual carbon nanotubes are strong, lightweight, and electrically conductive, and could be valuable as, among other things, ...4 days ago -
Nanotechnology Offers Less Costly Water Desalination Process
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has exclusively licensed to Porifera Inc. of Hayward a carbon nanotube technology that can be used to desalinate water and can be applied to other liquid based separations.4 days ago -
Carbon Nanotube Transistors through DNA Origami
Metamodern —
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Self-assembly of crossed carbon nanotubes Caltech researchers have applied DNA-based self-assembly to bind pairs of carbon nanotubes into structures that can act as field-effect transistors. Nature Nanotechnology has a prepublication release of their paper, “Self-assembly of carbon nanotubes into ...4 days ago -
Carbon nanotubes are the wiring of the future
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Previously I’ve blogged about carbon nanotubes replacing copper wiring , and here’s news of a new manufacturing technique that gets that idea closer to the mainstream. This shift in wiring is most likely a “when” instead of an “if.” From the second link: A new method for assembling carbon nanotubes ...6 days ago -
Self-assembly of carbon nanotubes into two-dimensional geometries using DNA origami templates
Next Big Future —
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Nature Nanotechnology: Self-assembly of carbon nanotubes into two-dimensional geometries using DNA origami templates A central challenge in nanotechnology is the parallel fabrication of complex geometries for nanodevices. Here we report a general method for arranging single-walled carbon nanotubes in two dimensions ...6 days ago -
Carbon Nanotube Fibers Hundreds of Meters Long
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This is a follow up to a previous report on Rice University using strong acid to process carbon nanotubes on an industrial scale. MIT Technology Review reports on a new method for assembling carbon nanotubes has been used to create fibers hundreds of meters long. Individual carbon nanotubes are strong, ...6 days ago -
Making Carbon Nanotubes into Long Fibers (Technology Review)
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Researchers have taken a step towards making carbon nanotubes into transmission wires. (read here…) Related items How Carbon Nanotubes Can Affect Lining Of The Lungs: Study (Medical News Today) Carbon nanotubes can affect lung lining (MalaysiaNews.net) How Carbon Nanotubes Can Affect Lining Of The Lungs ...6 days ago -
EPA Proposes Significant New Use Rules for Single and Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Nanotechnology Law Report —
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On Friday, 11/06, 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a "Proposed Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances" in the Federal Register (74 FR 57430). The "certain chemical substances" that the new use rules would affect are multi-walled carbon nanotubes and single-walled carbon ...1 week ago -
Producing carbon nanotubes on an industrial scale
Innovation Toronto —
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Image via Wikipedia Carbon nanotubes promise to revolutionize everything from medicine to electronics and power generation . Unfortunately nanotubes are notoriously hard to work with and chemists worldwide have struggled for years to even make them. Now researchers have unveiled a method for the ...1 week ago -
Bulk Fluid-Processed Carbon Nanotubes Could Make Better Power Lines
The Green Optimistic —
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Scientists at Rice University have developed a new method for producing carbon nanotubes in bulk fluids. It could lead to revolutionary advances in nanoelectronics, materials science and power distribution.1 week ago -
Breakthrough in large-scale nanotube processing
David Kirkpatrick —
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Via KurzweilAI.net — These manufacturing breakthroughs aren’t as exciting and sexy as a groundbreaking medical application or replacing copper wiring with carbon nanotubes or graphene, but they are key to turning nanotechnology into a viable industry. Breakthrough In Industrial-scale Nanotube Processing ...1 week ago -
Rice University Cooks Up Nanotube Stew
CleanTechnica —
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Researchers at Rice University have announced the discovery of a new breakthrough method for producing carbon nanotubes in bulk fluids. Rice’s new nanotube “stew” could spur the inexpensive mass production of carbon nanotube-based products, much like the plastics industry employed bulk loads of melted ...1 week ago -
Rice pioneers method for processing carbon nanotubes in bulk fluids
Next Big Future —
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Rice University scientists today unveiled a method for the industrial-scale processing of pure carbon-nanotube fibers that could lead to revolutionary advances in materials science, power distribution and nanoelectronics. The result of a nine-year program, the method builds upon tried-and-true processes that chemical ...2 weeks ago -
Scientists in Arkansas believe carbon nanotubes could have benefits for agriculture.
Power Industry News —
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S cientists in Arkansas believe carbon nanotubes (CNTs) could have benefits for agriculture. Scientific research is already underway to use nanoparticles in ‘nano-agriculture’ to improve the productivity of plants for food, fuel, and other uses. Mariya Khodakovskaya, Alexandru Biris and their colleagues ...2 weeks ago -
Selected Short Subjects
Nanotechnology Law Report —
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Prize Winners The Foresight Institute recently announced that Dr. Oscar Custance of the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan and Professors Yoshiaki Sugimoto and Masayuki Abe of Osaka University, are the co-winners of the Feynman Prize for Experimental Work in Nanotechnology. The Feynman Prize was ...2 weeks ago -
Study Shows How Carbon Nanotubes Can Affect Lining of the Lungs
The X-Journals —
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Inhaling nanotubes can affect the outer lining of the lung, though the effects of long-term exposure remain unclear.3 weeks ago -
Study Shows How Carbon Nanotubes Can Affect Lining of the Lungs (dBusinessNews.com)
NanoTechBIZZ.com —
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Triangle - Tiny carbon nanotubes are being considered for use in everything from sports equipment to medical applications, but a great deal remains unknown about whether these materials cause respiratory or other health problems. (read here…) Related items How Carbon Nanotubes Can Affect Lining Of The Lungs: ...3 weeks ago -
How Carbon Nanotubes Can Affect Lining Of The Lungs: Study (Medical News Today)
NanoTechBIZZ.com —
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Carbon nanotubes are being considered for use in everything from sports equipment to medical applications, but a great deal remains unknown about whether these materials cause respiratory or other health problems. (read here…) Related items How Carbon Nanotubes Can Affect Lining Of The Lungs (Science Daily) ...3 weeks ago
