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A breath of fresh tech—carbon nanotube sensors sniff out gases with unprecedented precision
A team of researchers at IMDEA Nanociencia institute and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore has unveiled a new class of gas ...
Nanowerk1d
New electronic nose sniffs out gases with unprecedented precision
Carbon nanotube sensor array detects VOCs below 100 ppb with high selectivity, enabling electronic nose applications for ...
C&EN2d
Absence of an Ideal Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Forest Structure for Thermal and Electrical Conductivities | ACS Nano - ACS Publications
We report the fundamental dependence of thermal diffusivity and electrical conductance on the diameter and defect level for vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) forests. By ...
C&EN3d
Atomic Structure of Polypyrrole-Modified Carbon-Supported Cobalt Catalyst | The Journal of Physical Chemistry C - ACS Publications
Carbon-supported cobalt catalyst (Co-BP) and polypyrrole-modified carbon-supported cobalt catalyst (Co-PPY-BP) are prepared by an impregnation–chemical method and characterized by X-ray diffraction, X ...
CompositesWorld5d
ORNL carbon nanofibers yield fiber-matrix interfacial bond improvement
Through a novel electrospinning technique, researchers have effectively achieved a “bridge” between carbon fiber and its ...
A pink diamond just sold for over US$14 million—no wonder, when you look at the mysteries behind their chemistry
Diamonds might be forever but that doesn't stop them being bought and sold. One stone thought to have once belonged to Marie ...
IEEE5d
Integrated wafer-scale growth and transfer of directional Carbon Nanotubes and misaligned-Carbon-Nanotube-immune logic structures
We successfully demonstrate essential components and their integration for large-scale carbon nanotube field effect transistor (CNFET) technology: 1. First demonstration of full-wafer-scale growth of ...