Carbon nanotubes represent a class of nanomaterials with exceptional electrical and optical characteristics that are highly sensitive to external pressure. The application of pressure induces ...

Researchers from Jilin University identified single-walled carbon nanotubes in soil samples brought back from ...

A carbon nanotube (CNT) is a molecule made of carbon atoms arranged in a cylindrical nanostructure. A carbon nanotube (CNT) is a molecule made of carbon atoms arranged in a cylindrical nanostructure.

Their unique structure gives rise to an extraordinary combination of optical, mechanical, and electrical properties that are useful in drug and gene delivery systems, biomedical imaging, biosensors, ...

Pure CNTs have negligible magnetic properties. However, researchers are fascinated by the ability to control CNT metallicity using external magnetic fields. CNTs can exhibit semiconducting or metallic ...

Carbon nanotubes are moving from lab curiosities to workhorse components in quantum hardware, and one of the most striking examples is their use as single-photon light sources. By exploiting their ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Plastics permeate every facet of modern life, from the packaging that protects our food to the components in our smartphones. This ubiquity, however, comes at a steep ...

SP hybridization occurs when one s orbital and one p orbital from the same atom combine to form two new orbitals of equal energy. These new orbitals are linearly oriented 180 degrees apart, leading to ...

Helping the hunt for something to replace silicon transistors, Big Blue researchers have found a way to precisely place carbon nanotubes -- or rather, to encourage them to place themselves. Stephen ...

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, ...