Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A team of scientists from Japan's RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics have revealed how carbon nanotubes emit more energetic light ...

Nanotubes can serve as biosensors. They change their fluorescence when they bind to certain molecules. Until now, it was unclear why. Researchers have gained new insights into the cause of the ...

Carbon nanotubes can emit light that has a greater energy than light shone on them - now researchers think they understand the mechanism behind this feat. Some special paints glow when you shine ...

It might look like a roll of chicken wire, but this tiny cylinder of carbon atoms -- too small to see with the naked eye -- could one day be used for making electronic devices ranging from night ...

Carbon nanotubes, nano-size cylinders made of carbon atoms, are attracting renewed interest for their role in the future of cars. Industry reports project that the global market for these ...

A carbon nanotube (CNT) is a molecule made of carbon atoms arranged in a cylindrical nanostructure. A carbon nanotube (CNT) is a molecule made of carbon atoms arranged in a cylindrical nanostructure.

In a study published in Nano Letters, Tokyo Metropolitan University researchers created the first tungsten disulfide nanotubes that point in the same direction upon formation. The team’s new synthesis ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have made tungsten disulfide nanotubes which point in the same direction when formed, for the first time. They used a sapphire surface ...

Scientists at Rice University found a new way to make liquid crystals from boron nitride nanotubes. Instead of using acids or polymers to disperse the nanotubes, they used a common surfactant and ...

A team of scientists from Japan’s RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics have revealed how carbon nanotubes emit more energetic light than the light they absorb. Since materials typically emit less ...

Scientists at Duke University have developed a method that switches a carbon nanotube from acting like a metal to acting like a semiconductor and back again, by wrapping it with a ribbon-like polymer.