Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes have been the gold standard in light absorption, capable of trapping around 99 percent of ...

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 ...

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 (CNTs) and their coiled derivatives – often termed carbon nanocoils – have attracted significant attention owing to their extraordinary mechanical properties. Their exceptional ...

Carbon nanotubes (CNT) and graphene represent two of the most striking functional materials. Due to their outstanding mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties, these one- and two-dimensional ...

Scientists developed the smallest, densest carbon nanowires ever made, opening the door to explore the remarkable strength ...

Carbynes, or long linear carbon chains (LLCCs), have received significant attention in recent years due to their predicted ...

Engineers at EPFL have found a way to insert carbon nanotubes into photosynthetic bacteria, which greatly improves their electrical output. They even pass these nanotubes down to their offspring when ...

R esearchers from the University of the Basque Country (EHU) have developed ultra-black copper cobaltate nanoneedles that can ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have engineered a range of new single-walled transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) nanotubes with different compositions, chirality, and ...

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 ...