Carbon news, April 2016

New way to exfoliate phosphorene is no flake

Scientists have developed a quick and efficient method for exfoliating atomically-thin flakes of phosphorene from black phosphorous.

Are carbon nanomaterials toxic to fish?

Canadian researchers have found that some functionalised nanomaterials can affect the hatching and early development of fish embryos.

Plenary Speakers announced for the Fifth International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials in 2017

View details about the Fifth International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials, taking place in March 2017.

Tesla coil controls self-assembly of carbon nanotubes

Scientists have discovered that the strong force-field emitted by a Tesla coil can cause carbon nanotubes to self-assemble into long wires.

2015 Acta Journals’ Outstanding Reviewers

Welcome to three new Editors of Materials Science and Engineering R: Thomas Anthopoulos, Surya Mallapragada and Bradley D. Olsen

Thin films through vacuum filtration

Using vacuum filtration to produce controllable carbon nanotubes films.

Quantum feedback in synthetic diamond

Quantum feedback in synthetic diamond

Graphene strains to increase its photoabsorption

Researchers have created a stretchable photodetector with enhanced, strain-tunable photoresponsivity by engineering 2D graphene into 3D structures.

Scientists throw light on graphene-based molecular switches

By combining graphene with molecules capable of altering their structure on exposure to light, scientists have created light-responsive molecular switches.

Carbon nanotube film finds power in waste heat

A carbon nanotube thin film has the potential to act as a thermoelectric material that captures and uses waste heat to generate electricity.

Nanotubes pack themselves in to form aligned films

Scientists have developed a simple filtration process for creating flexible, wafer-scale films of highly aligned and closely-packed carbon nanotubes.

Space is the place for new paper-like battery electrode

A new paper-like battery electrode made from silicon oxycarbide glass and graphene is able to operate at the low temperatures found in space.