Carbon nanotubes promise electronic devices of the future that could outperform Si and GaAs technologies.
29 November 2016Cordelia Sealy
Scientists have synthesized a novel carbon material by using high pressures – rather than high temperatures – to initiate chemical reactions.
24 November 2016
The discovery of a strong interaction between light and matter in semiconducting carbon nanotubes could lead to their use in electrically-pumped lasers.
24 November 2016
Browse the articles in this virtual special issue.
22 November 2016
Water flow in CNTs is almost frictionless.
22 November 2016Cordelia Sealy
Using a novel nanomechanical platform, scientists have discovered that the 2D material molybdenum diselenide is far more brittle than graphene.
18 November 2016
By finding a way to sandwich two types of perovskite into a single photovoltaic cell, scientists have achieved a conversion efficiency of 21.7%.
15 November 2016
A new method uses graphene templates to make ultrathin metal oxide sheets containing intricate wrinkle and crumple patterns.
14 November 2016
Scientists have managed to create an ultra-strong material by 'fusing' together multiwall carbon nanotubes.
14 November 2016
Hydrogenation proceeds differently over single-layer graphene compared with few-layer graphene, and also requires defects or edges.
11 November 2016
Engineers have developed a magnetic ink that can be used to make self-healing batteries, electrochemical sensors and textile-based circuits.
9 November 2016
High pressures applied by a novel nanocrystalline-diamond anvil could lead to the creation of as yet unknown new materials.
3 November 2016
Nanostructured catalysts boosts conversion of greenhouse gas to fuel.
2 November 2016David Bradley
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1 November 2016