Carbon Nanotubes

Carbon nanotubes are cylindrical carbon molecules that are 50,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair and one tenth the weight of regular carbon fiber. They can be used to as the reinforcement in carbon nanotube (CNT) polymer composites. They exhibit extraordinary strength and unique electrical properties, and are efficient conductors of heat. Carbon nanotube-based polymer nanocomposites have been used to enhance electrical conductivity, energy conversion and storage.

Air Force and Cincinnati University Create Clothing to Charge your Phone

Engineers with the University of Cincinnati (UC) are working to create a type of technology typically reserved for super heroes like Iron Man. The university's Nanoworld Laboratories is collaborating with the...

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Engineers from U.S. Army and University of Maryland Develop Technique to Make Adaptive Materials

Engineers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and the University of Maryland have developed a technique that causes a composite material to become stiffer and stronger on-demand when exposed to...

Lamborghini Terzo Millennio Can Store Electric Energy and Heal Itself

Last week, during the EmTech MIT Conference, Lamborghini unveiled a prototype of the Terzo Millennio – a concept for a future electric supercar. The reveal came roughly one year after Lamborghini and MIT...

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Air Force Research Laboratory Gains New Insight into Additive Manufacturing

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Materials and Manufacturing Directorate researchers recently took advantage of a unique and rare research opportunity to better understand the behavior of materials...

NASA Conducts Game-Changing Test of Carbon Nanotubes

On May 16, NASA successfully launched a 56-foot-tall Black Brant IX sounding rocket from its Wallops Island, Va. facility. The Black Brant IX rocket was launched as part of the SubTec-7 mission to test a...

Researchers are Developing Nanocomposites to Battle Solar Cell Corrosion

A team of researchers at Sandia National Laboratories, led by Erik Spoerke along with Texas A&M professor Jaime Grunlan, is developing nanocomposite films made from inexpensive materials as barriers...

Carbon Nanotubes

Air Force and Cincinnati University Create Clothing to Charge your Phone

Engineers from U.S. Army and University of Maryland Develop Technique to Make Adaptive Materials

Lamborghini Terzo Millennio Can Store Electric Energy and Heal Itself

Air Force Research Laboratory Gains New Insight into Additive Manufacturing

NASA Conducts Game-Changing Test of Carbon Nanotubes

Researchers are Developing Nanocomposites to Battle Solar Cell Corrosion

This Dye Eliminates the Need for Tough-To-Remove Solvents in Graphene-Polymer Composites

World’s Largest Carbon Composites Superyacht Launched

Big Opportunities in the Bio-Based Resin Market

3-D Printed Car “Strati” Gets Ready to Rev Up

Carbon Fiber Prices Could Drop by As Much As 90 Percent