Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes growing from catalytic nanoparticles (gold color) on a silicon wafer on top of a heating stage (red glow). Diffusion of acetylene…
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The researchers incorporated their sensor into a prototype with a fiber optic tip that can detect changes in fluorescence in the test sample. Credit: MIT…
Artistic rendering of fast ion permeation inside single-walled carbon nanotubes. Small ions such as potassium, chloride, and sodium permeate through the inner volume of nanometer-wide…
MIT postdoc Jeonyoo Lee. Credit: Melanie Gonick, MIT A New Approach to Making Airplane Parts, Minus the Massive Infrastructure A modern airplane’s fuselage is made…
An illustration shows the wetting behavior of carbon nanotubes, which both repel water and hold it in place. Credit: University of Pittsburgh Carbon nanotubes (CNTs)…
Professor Zhiyong (Richard) Liang and research faculty member Ayou Hao holding pieces of carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites with a protective heat shield made of…
The unwanted metallic SWCNTs deposited at the bottom of the solution, while the wanted semiconducting ones floated to the top. Credit: Haruka Omachi A new,…
In this diagram of the new system, air entering from top right passes to one of two chambers (the gray rectangular structures) containing battery electrodes…
Nano-Electronic Circuit Vibrates Without Any External Force Scientists at Lancaster University and the University of Oxford have created a nano-electronic circuit which vibrates without any…
A 16.78-carat natural yellow diamond, estimated to be worth $2 million (left), is coated with a new carbon nanotube-based material that is the blackest material…