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Advancing PVC Gel Artificial Muscles with Carbon Nanotube Electrodes

In a recent article published in Gels, researchers developed multilayer porous PVC gel artificial muscles with carbon nanotube-doped 3D-printed silicone electrodes, showcasing potential applications in human-machine interaction, medical rehabilitation, and flexible electronics.

5 Jul 2024

Understanding the Mechanical Weakness in Twisted Carbon Nanotube Yarns

Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have determined that the subpar mechanical performance of carbon nanotube (CNT) bundles and yarns may stem from localized rearrangements of the CNTs during twisting.

28 Jun 2024

A Review of Innovations in Shape-Memory Polymers with Carbon Nanotubes

In a recent review published in Micromachines, researchers explored the integration of shape-memory polymers with carbon nanotubes, enhancing material properties for applications in soft robotics and tissue engineering.

13 Jun 2024

2D ‘Antenna’ Helps Generate Light in Carbon Nanotubes

Carbon nanotubes can glow brilliantly when light is absorbed by a flat sheet of atoms acting as an antenna to direct that energy into the tubes.

25 Mar 2024

Revolutionary Carbon Nanotube Sheet Recyclability

High-performance carbon nanotube (CNT) sheets can be recycled while maintaining their shape, structural alignment, mechanical and electrical capabilities, and inherent flexibility, according to ground-breaking research from the IMDEA Materials Institute.

19 Mar 2024

Studying the Interaction of Forces in the Small Pores

Vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VaCNT) membranes can be used to clean or desalinate water with a high flow rate and low pressure.

23 Feb 2024

Cost Effective Method to Improve Diagnostic Procedures

Germany’s Ruhr University Bochum and the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems (IMS) have created a procedure that permits a novel type of signal amplification for diagnostic testing.

14 Feb 2024

Dotz Secures Up to A$12 Million to Accelerate the Development of Carbon Capture Technology

Dotz Nano Limited is pleased to announce it has entered into a strategic funding agreement with Mercer Street Global Opportunity Fund, LLC (Mercer), a prominent US-based investment fund, to raise up to A$12 million via issuance of convertible notes.

7 Feb 2024

Has Machine Learning Made it Easier to Make Carbon Nanomaterials?

Carbon nanostructures could get easier to design and fabricate owing to a machine-learning algorithm that predicts their growth on metal surfaces.

1 Feb 2024

Trapping Krypton Atoms Inside Carbon Nanotubes to Form 1D Gas

Researchers from the School of Chemistry at the University of Nottingham captured the moment when Kr atoms united, one by one, inside a “nano test tube” container that had a diameter half a million times smaller than that of a human hair using cutting-edge transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques. American Chemical Society published the research.

23 Jan 2024