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Using UV Absorption Spectroscopy to Analyze ssDNA-Coated CNTs

An article published in Nano Letters analyzed ssDNA-coated single-walled carbon nanotubes via ultraviolet (UV) absorption and measured the total carbon content.

17 Oct 2022

Halloysite Nanotubes Grown in ‘Tree Rings’ via Easy Method

A new study presents an efficient strategy to fabricate an ordered architecture of HNTs. The clay nanotubes were aligned on a glass substrate via a magnetic rotor-assisted drying of their aqueous dispersion

28 Sep 2022

Detecting Nitrite Ions in Meat Using a Carbon Dot/PVA Nanocomposite

In a paper published in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, fluorescence quenching was used to detect nitrite ions in processed meat products using a sensing system centered on doped carbon quantum dots.&...

19 Sep 2022

Improving Solar Thermal Batteries with Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes

A paper reported the integration of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in a flexible triblock copolymer framework using an azobenzene derivative and carboxylic acid patterning to construct lightweight and flexible solar thermal batteries.

13 Sep 2022

Deeper Insights into Structure of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

An article published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C discussed the inhomogeneity in individual AD multi-walled carbon nanotubes determined by Raman signal by extracting the inner layers of multi-walled carbon nanotubes during the sonication stage of the dispersion procedure.

12 Sep 2022

Pilot Study to Improve Nanofluid Heat Transfer Characteristics

A recent study intends to improve the heat transfer properties and thermal efficiency of a multi-walled carbon nanotube and titanium dioxide nanofluid using a pilot-scale cross-flow cooling tower.

10 Sep 2022

Promising Approach to Convert Biogas into Valuable Products

A NiMo/MgO nickel-based catalyst was found quite adequate for direct conversion of biogas into syngas for hydrogen production and growth of multi-walled CNTs.

9 Sep 2022

Waste Polyurethane Foam Used to Make Excellent Electromagnetic Shielding Materials

Waste polyurethane foam may be used to produce highly effective electromagnetic interference shielding materials by covering the surface with carbon nanotubes and then hot pressing them.

1 Sep 2022

Carbon Nanotubes Boost MXene Fibers for Supercapacitor Applications

An easily configurable wet-spinning approach for preparing versatile MXene/carbon nanotube (MXene/CNT) hybrid composites suitable for supercapacitor applications is presented.

23 Aug 2022

Platform to Precisely Detect Chlorogenic Acid in Drink Samples

Authors presented the construction of a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) as a chlorogenic acid detection platform. This GCE platform was based on neodymium oxide nanoparticle-decorated carbon nanotubes (Nd2O3@CNTs/GCE).

19 Aug 2022