Lasers used to make first boron-nitride nanotube yarn Date: December 3, 2009 Source: DOE/Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Summary: Researchers have used lasers to create the first ...

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are the most frequently used nanomaterials due to their high electrical and thermal conductivity, superior mechanical properties, unique optical characteristics, low cost, and ...

(Nanowerk News) Engineers at MIT and the University of Tokyo have produced centimeter-scale structures, large enough for the eye to see, that are packed with hundreds of billions of hollow aligned ...

Researchers discover a way to 'decorate' electrically insulating boron nitride nanotubes with functional groups. That makes them complementary building blocks to conductive carbon nanotubes for future ...

HOUSTON – (June 23, 2022) – Boron nitride nanotubes used to be hard to process, according to Rice University researchers. Not anymore. A Rice team led by professors Matteo Pasquali and Angel Martí has ...

If nanotube technology is to reach its full commercial potential, the ability to control and fine-tune properties such as these will be vital to manufacture of tailored devices. Carbon nanotubes are ...

Small wonder. The first macroscopic, commercially usable BNNTs, spun into a 3-centimeter-long, 1-milimeter-diameter piece of yarn. Credit: Michael Smith Researchers have long been able to make ...

NASA has one of the few facilities in the world able to produce quality Boron Nitride Nanotubes BNNTs. Carbon nanotubes can stay stable at temperatures up to 400 degrees Celsius but BNNTs can ...

NEWPORT NEWS, VA, April 26 - A new study has shown that adding boron-nitride nanotubes to the surface of cancer cells can double the effectiveness of Irreversible Electroporation, a minimally invasive ...

(Nanowerk News) Very strong, light materials that can withstand extremely high temperatures could usher in next-generation spacecraft, enhance current devices or enable the development of new ...

Researchers have used lasers to create the first practical macroscopic yarns from boron nitride fibers, opening the door for an array of applications, from radiation-shielded spacecraft to stronger ...

With the success of the Nuri launch last year and the recent launch of the newly established Korea Aerospace Administration, interest in space has increased, and both the public and private sectors ...