Carbon nanotubes

Wires and fabrics made from carbon nanotube fibres (CNTFs) could be used as electrical elements in industrial heaters, according to researchers at Rice University in Houston, Texas, USA. 

OCSiAl has opened its first European facility for the production of its Tuball single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) near Belgrade in Serbia.

A chemical process that enables used polyester (PES)-based face masks to be converted into single- and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is being developed by researchers at Swansea University in

Methods for determining the effects of strains and stresses on both pristine carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and CNT fibres are being developed by researchers at Rice University in Houston, Texas, USA. 

Wet-spun carbon-nanotube (CNT) fibres that are stronger than those made from para-aramid and demonstrate an electrical conductivity approaching that of copper are being produced by a team of resear

A method for incorporating carbon nanotubes (CNTs) into carbon fibre-reinforced plastics (CFRPs) that eliminates the need for the nanomaterials to be functionalised beforehand has been developed by

Carbon nanotube (CNT)-based nonwoven mats that can capture and destroy an animal coronavirus, a close relative of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, are being developed by researchers in th

Cabot Corp of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, has acquired Chinese manufacturer of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), Shenzhen Sanshun Nano New Materials (SUSN), for approximately US$115 million.

A carbon nanotube (CNT)-based material developed in the USA is pliable enough to be woven into fabrics to create sensors that could serve as an early warning system for injury or illness.

Thin, flexible fibres made from carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been used to bridge damaged, non-conductive cardiac tissue and deliver the electrical signals needed to keep a heart beating.

By using sodium as a catalyst rather than the more conventional iron, researchers in the USA have shown that carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can be grown at significantly lower temperatures than are usuall

OCSiAl is to build what it claims will be the world’s largest production facility for single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) in Luxembourg, with the assistance of the country’s Ministry of the Eco

Computer modelling analysis undertaken by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has shown that the use of composites reinforced with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) could lead to a 30

By replacing the sizing on carbon fibres with a coating of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), researchers in the UK claim to have improved both the thermal and electrical conductivity of carbon fibre-reinfor

OCSiAl of Luxembourg is claiming to be the world's first manufacturer of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) to complete Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REAC

Reinforcing the ply interfaces of aerospace-grade unidirectional carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP) laminates with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) increases the in-plane strength of these materials, ac

N12 Technologies, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) spin-off company based in Cambridge, USA, introduced its mass-produced vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs) at the JEC Wo

Common coaxial cables could be made to be 50% lighter with a carbon nanotube (CNT)-based outer conductor coating.