Carbon news, May 2011

Flashy process derives both graphene and hydrogen from waste plastic

Researchers have shown that conerting waste plastics into graphene by rapid flash Joule heating also results in the production of hydrogen.

Smart composite detects different types of damage

carbon fiber reinforced composite combined with piezoelectric nanoparticles acts as a self-powered sensor to detect stress and damage

Efficient non-viral CAR-T cell generation via silicon-nanotube-mediated transfection

Modified carbon nanotubes play host to spin qubits

Researchers have developed novel spin qubits by trapping electrons in chemically modified carbon nanotubes.

Graphene oxide composite fibers muscle in

actuators based on composite fibers comprising aligned reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanosheets and PEDOT: PSS surpass biological muscles