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Spinning a good yarn with carbon nanotubes

...monolayers. Now, another group of scientists have announced that they have spun carbon nanotubes into yarns that can be knitted, sewn or woven. According to... Read more

10 January, 2011

Graphene nanotubes promise better stacked chips

...Swedish researchers have used carbon nanotubes to connect two stacked-up chips, which they say could pave... Read more

12 December, 2011 by Tom Espiner
The 10 strangest facts about graphene

The 10 strangest facts about graphene

...ambient temperature "unimpeded" conduction of electrons. It was observed in multi-walled carbon nanotubes at least as far back as 2002, and since graphene is... Read more

10 June, 2011 by Lucy Sherriff
What is graphene?

What is graphene?

...pervasive familiarity, it is also capable of some seriously strange behaviour. Take carbon nanotubes, for instance: sheaths of carbon atoms rolled into cylinders with diameters... Read more

6 June, 2011 by Lucy Sherriff
A close-up on Intel's Knights Ferry platform

A close-up on Intel's Knights Ferry platform

...approaches, Intel is being more open about what happens next. In particular, carbon nanotubes show future promise: they produce high performance devices, and look good... Read more

1 June, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins

Non-stick graphene makes anti-glare breakthrough

...it did so more efficiently than a suspension of carbon black or carbon nanotubes. The researchers say such optical limiting materials can protect sensitive sensors... Read more

2 January, 2012

Photos of the year: From weird datacentres to a 3D printer that prints chocolate

...handset, demoed in December this year, is built using a system of carbon nanotubes and a flexible elastomer that allows the screen to bent and... Read more

21 December, 2011 by Nick Heath

IBM integrates graphene and Racetrack with CMOS tech

...said. The company also showed off an advance it has made with carbon nanotubes. This nanomaterial is already lined up to be used in devices... Read more

7 December, 2011

Photos: Inside Nokia's R&D labs - a look at the future of mobile?

...a lot of attention - the Nokia Kinetic Device. Using a system of carbon nanotubes and a flexible elastomer, the concept gadget features a flexible display... Read more

1 December, 2011 by Bonnie Cha

Photos: Bendy, waterproof phones and door-opening devices - Nokia's mobile future on show

...above at the front of the table are two flexible prototypes containing carbon nanotubes. Since the electrical properties of carbon nanotubes alter when they are... Read more

27 October, 2011 by Natasha Lomas
Nokia shows off bendy 'kinetic' devices

Nokia shows off bendy 'kinetic' devices

...some ideas. He was showing an experimental apparatus with a bundle of carbon nanotubes in a flexible elastomer medium. The electrical resistance of the nanotubes... Read more

27 October, 2011 by Stephen Shankland

Graphene's good vibrations for supersensitive detectors

...in a predictable and linear way, the vibrating strings of graphene and carbon nanotubes come back to rest quite differently. This characteristic could be used... Read more

18 May, 2011

Graphene oxide: not soluble, just in need of a wash

...contain so-called oxidative debris. The results mirror findings from work with carbon nanotubes. Experiments have shown that up to a quarter of the weight... Read more

8 March, 2011

Five years to commercial nanotube transistors?

...technique that they claim will squeeze the best performance enhancements out of carbon nanotubes, without losing the on/off ratio of a good semiconductor. The... Read more

17 February, 2011

After silicon: What will power computing for the next 10 years and beyond?

...silicon-based fab processes. Carbon nanotubesMeanwhile tiny tubules of carbon known as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) - about 4nm wide - are another new material that has been... Read more

11 November, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

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