Atsugi, Japan, Mar 3, 2008 - JCN Newswire - Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced the successful formation of a new nano-scale carbon composite featuring a self-organizing structure[1], by combining carbon nanotubes and graphene[2] which are both nano-scale carbon structures. The newly-discovered composite structure is synthesized at a temperature of 510...
IBM today announced that its researchers have built the first complete electronic IC around a single carbon nanotube molecule, a new material that the company claims shows promise for providing enhanced performance over todayfs standard silicon semi IBM today announced that its researchers have built...
Bullet-proof body armor based on carbon nanotubes is reportedly under development at Florida State University, Tallahassee. Researcher Okenwa Okoli, and former colleague Jim Thagard, developed a composite manufacturing process to create lightweight c Bullet-proof body armor based on carbon nanotubes is reportedly under development at...
Zyvex Corp, USA, has introduced two carbon nanotube products which it has developed for use as additives for polyurethane. Zyvex Corp, USA, has introduced two carbon nanotube products which it has developed for use as additives for polyurethane.
IBM researchers have built the first complex electronic integrated circuit around a single carbon nanotube molecule, a new material that shows promise for enhancing performance over today's standard silicon semiconductors. IBM researchers have built the first complex electronic integrated circuit around a single...
CLEVELAND -- Keithley Instruments, Inc. (NYSE:KEI), a leader in solutions for emerging measurement needs, announces that its Model 4200 Semiconductor Characterization System conforms to and supports the just-released IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.) standard for electrical testing of carbon nanotubes. The recently approved IEEE 1650TM-2005 standard, known...
MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Unidym, Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corporation (NASDAQ:ARWR), announced today that U.S. Patent No. 7,265,174 has been issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. With respect to transparent conductive films, Clemson University has exclusively licensed this patent to Unidym. Unidym is a leader...
A technique for growing individual carbon nanotubes vertically on top of a silicon wafer has reportedly been developed by engineers at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. The engineers first created a thin film containing two layers of aluminu A technique for growing individual...
Eikos Inc., a developer and licensor of highly transparent carbon nanotube CNT inks for conductive coatings and circuits, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL have achieved competitive efficiency in two types of solar cells using carbon nanotube conductive coatings, in a significant step toward developing fully printable solar cells.
A carbon nanotube knife that would work like a tight-wire cheese slicer that could allow scientists to cut and study cells more precisely than possible today has reportedly been developed by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Tech A carbon nanotube knife that would...
Los Alamos National Laboratory has licensed its carbon nanotube technology to a new commercial partner, Seattle-based CNT Technologies Inc. The ultrastrong, lightweight carbon-nanotube fiber, branded SuperThread by the company, can have better proper Los Alamos National Laboratory has licensed its carbon nanotube technology to a...
Thick film materials containing carbon nanotubes have been licensed by Nanomix Inc., Emeryville, Calif., to DuPont Electronic Technologies, Wilmington, Del. The carbon nanotube thick film emitter materials will be used to make flat panel field emissi Thick film materials containing carbon nanotubes have been licensed ...
Nano-Proprietary, Inc. (OTCBB: NNPP) announced that its subsidiary, Applied Nanotech, Inc. ("ANI"), has received a new Small Business Innovation Research SBIR Phase I contract from the Homeland Security Advanced Research Project Agency HSARPA in the amount of approximately $125,000. The contract is for the development of a Carbon...
PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Carbon nanotubes are finding broad use as additives that improve the physical and electrical properties of plastics and other materials. Unfortunately, different suppliers measure and report the properties of carbon nanotubes in different ways, so manufacturers have trouble comparing nanotubes to find the one that best meets...
Carbon nano-tubes have unique properties that make them a most promising system on which to base molecular electronics. The paper briefly reviews the electrical characteristics of carbon nano-tubes, and then focuses on carbon nano-tube field-effect transistors CNTFETs. Procedures by which hole-transport, electron-transport and ambipolar CNTFETs can be fabricated are presented,...
The potential for nanocomposites reinforced with carbon tubes having extraordinary specific stiffness and strength represent tremendous opportunity for application in the 21st century. This paper provides a concise review of recent advances in carbon nanotubes and their composites. It examines the research work reported in the literature on the structure...
Closed-end multi-wall carbon nanotubes, which contain an encapsulated aqueous multiphase fluid under high pressure, have been produced by hydrothermal synthesis. These nanotubes are leak-tight by virtue of holding the fluid at the high vacuum of a transmission electron microscope TEM and can be used as a test platform for unique...
December 2 - A collaborative group of DuPont Company-led scientists has discovered an innovative way to advance electronics applications through the use of DNA that sorts carbon nanotubes. This research in the emerging field of nanotechnology appea December 2 - A collaborative group of...
Nanostructured materials that reduce vibrations in mechanical equipment and electronic devices are said to be under development at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y. The Rensselaer research team added carbon nanotube fillers to traditional Nanostructured materials that reduce vibrations in mechanical equipment and electronic devices...
July 7, 2004 - GE Global Research in Niskayuna, N.Y., has developed what it says is the world's best performing diode built from a carbon nanotube. The nano-diode will enable smaller and faster electronic devices with increased functionality and, as July 7, 2004 - GE...
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