Carbon Nanotubes


ExtremeTech

IBM builds 9 nanometer carbon nanotube transistor, puts silicon on notice
Engadget
By Michael Gorman posted Jan 28th 2012 12:34AM It's not the smallest transistor out there, but the boffins at IBM have constructed the tiniest carbon nanotube transistor to date. It's nine nanometers in size, making it one nanometer smaller than the ...
IBM creates 9nm carbon nanotube transistor that outperforms siliconExtremeTech
IBM's 9nm Carbon Nanotube Transistor Outperforms SiliconTechWeekEurope UK

all 3 news articles »

IEEE Spectrum

Carbon Nanotubes Bend and Stretch and Still Conduct
IEEE Spectrum
Whatever the future holds for flexible electronics, the one thing we can say for certain is that nanotechnology, specifically carbon nanotubes, are pretty good at enabling it. The most recent research in this vein comes from researchers at North ...
Novel Technique Produces Stretchable Conductors Using Carbon NanotubesAZoNano.com
Elastic conductors made from carbon nanotubesGizmag
Researchers devise new means for creating elastic conductorsR & D Magazine
Overclockers Club
all 6 news articles »

Technology Review

Smallest-Ever Nanotube Transistors Outperform Silicon
Technology Review
By Katherine Bourzac The smallest carbon-nanotube transistor ever made, a nine-nanometer device, performs better than any other transistor has at this size. For over a decade, researchers have promised that carbon nanotubes, with their superior ...
IBM demos new nanotechRegister
IBM Creates Transistor That Is Smaller And More Powerful Than SiliconThe Inquisitr

all 6 news articles »

Chemistry World

A simple separation solution for carbon nanotubes
Chemistry World
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) exist in both metallic and semiconducting forms, but many of the applications of the materials require either one type or the other, making separation increasingly important. Until now, separation has often ...
Carbon Nanotubes Get a New and Simple Bulk Sorting ProcessIEEE Spectrum

all 2 news articles »

Solar Novus Today

Carbon Nanotubes offer Prospects for Novel Thin-film Solar Cells
Solar Novus Today
A research group from the Los Alamos National Laboratory has shown for the first time that bundles of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can not only generate electron-hole pairs (excitons) when exposed to light but also separate these charge carriers.


Azom.com

Flexible Transparent Carbon Nanotube Films Make Better Conductive Coatings
Azom.com
By Cameron Chai Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the North Dakota State University (NDSU) have together shown the linkage between the durability and flexibility of carbon nanotube coatings and films and their ...
NDSU Nano research could impact flexible electronic devicesPrairie Business
Student scientist published in journalBismarck Tribune

all 15 news articles »

Nanotubes monitor enzyme activity
nanotechweb.org
By tethering an enzyme to a carbon nanotube, researchers at the University of California at Irvine have succeeded in monitoring the behaviour of the protein in unprecedented detail. The technique is a completely new way to study biological molecules ...


Nanotube bundles could boost solar cells
physicsworld.com
Thin-film solar cells could be made far more efficient with the addition of bundles of carbon nanotubes. So say researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the US, who have shown that the bundles can be used to adeptly perform the two ...


Duke University

British team devises method for separating carbon nanotubes cheaply
PhysOrg.com
(PhysOrg.com) -- When single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are made, they come out in both metallic and semiconducting material form. Unfortunately, different applications require one or the other of these materials, but not both, which means they ...
Double-walled nanotubes shine, sometimesDuke University

all 2 news articles »

Popular Science

Making the Blackest of Black Materials
Popular Science
?John Hagopian, optical physicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center To grow carbon nanotubes, we use a substrate, an adhesion layer and a catalyst: iron. The catalyst condenses on the substrate, a lot like if you boiled water and leaned over the ...