Scientists have long believed that perovskite solar cells could transform the solar industry because they are light, ...

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have emerged as a versatile nanomaterial with unique structural, electronic, and mechanical properties that offer transformative potential in both drug delivery and sensor ...

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a standard imaging technique for the structural characterization of surfaces in different fields of materials science, surface science, and biology. Carbon nanotubes ...

Discovered in 1991, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are cylindrical structures made of graphene sheets rolled into nanoscale tubes. Their atomic structure gives rise to exceptional properties: mechanical ...

(Nanowerk News) The book “Current and Future Developments in Nanomaterials and Carbon Nanotubes: Applications of Nanomaterials in Energy Storage and Electronics” consists of 15 chapters that summarize ...

A person in personal protective equipment pulls a wispy material out of a tubular furnace. A Huntsman employee pulls carbon nanotube fibers from a reactor outlet. Credit: Huntsman The chemical maker ...

Since their discovery in 1991, researchers have made steady progress in CNT synthesis methods. Early techniques like arc discharge and laser ablation could produce small quantities of high-quality ...

MIT today announced that a group of scientists has developed nanotechnology that can be placed inside living cells to determine whether chemotherapy drugs are reaching their targets or attacking ...

Israeli scientists develop a sensor that detects subtle differences in airborne molecules, with major implications for health and pharmaceuticals.

Where would carbon-based life be without carbon? There are 118 known chemical elements, but carbon is the fourth most abundant and perhaps the most important to human life. Everywhere you look, ...