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Recycling of Plastic Waste Used to Make Low-Cost Fuel Cells

Researchers discussed the utility of nickel-iron nanoparticles encased in waste plastic-derived carbon nanotubes for low-temperature solid oxide fuel cells.

11 Aug 2022

Turning Fish Waste into Quality Carbon-based Nanomaterial

Carbon nano-onions (CNOs), a form of carbon nanostructure with excellent electrical and thermal conductivities, find several applications in biomedicine, bioimaging, energy conversion, and electronics.

1 Aug 2022

N-doped Carbon Nanotubes Optimized for Electromagnetic Wave Absorption

Mn sites with atomic dispersion were inserted into N-doped carbon nanotubes (Mn-Nx/NCNT), and the developed material showed remarkable electromagnetic wave absorption capacity.

29 Jul 2022

Twisted CNT Yarn with Great Potential for Smart Textile Applications

A new study reported the successful completion of the densification of carbon nanotube yarn via wet compression using acetone, yielding excellent mechanical qualities and remarkable Ohmic heating properties.

28 Jul 2022

Determining Best CNT Structure for H2 Gas Sensors Optimizes Design

Researchers offer a comprehensive investigation into the best carbon nanotube (CNT) structure for Pt-NPs/CNTs/Gr H2 sensors.

28 Jul 2022

Paving the Way for Novel Food Dye Adsorbents

The synthesis of a zinc sulfide/copper oxide-carbon nanotube nanocomposite (ZnS/CuO-CNT) for ultrasound-assisted adsorptive extraction of acid food dyes from polluted water is the topic of a recent study.

26 Jul 2022

Carbon Nanotube Biosensors Help Detect Alzheimer's Disease

In an article recently published in the journal ACS Sensors, mass production of field-effect transistor (FET) biosensors based on carbon nanotube thin films was reported to realize high selectivity and sensitivity toward the detection of Alzheimer’s disease blood biomarkers of beta (ß)-amyloid (Aß).

18 Jul 2022

Researchers Improve Electrical and Thermal Properties of Carbon Nanotubes

In an article recently published in the journal Materials Today: Proceedings, researchers fabricated Cu-based carbon nanotube composites via flame synthesis to improve the electrical and thermal properties of the Cu material.

18 Jul 2022

Thermal Analysis of Boron Nitride CNTs for Hydrogen Storage Applications

Researchers demonstrated the potential of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) as hydrogen (H2) storage materials by investigating their thermal conductivities using atomistic nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) simulations.

8 Jul 2022

What Does the Clinical Future of Carbon Nanomaterials Look Like?

A new review summarizes the contributions made to date on NCs biosafety and applications, discusses the latest achievements in evaluation techniques and clarified the scope of carbon nanomaterials in clinical applications.

1 Jul 2022