Tag Archive for 'Nanotube'

Cardillo-Zallo et al. report on a nanoscale system consisting of endohedral fullerenes encapsulated within single-walled carbon nanotubes, capable of the delivery and release of krypton atoms on-demand, via coalescence of host fullerene cages under the action of the electron beam (in situ) or heat (ex situ). Image credit: Cardillo-Zallo et al., doi: 10.1021/acsnano.3c07853.

Physicists Create One-Dimensional Noble Gas

Jan 23, 2024 by News Staff

Using advanced transmission electron microscopy (TEM) methods, physicists at the University of Nottingham have successfully trapped atoms of krypton inside...

A designer view of a single-wall carbon nanotube intramolecular junction with metallic portions on left and right ends and a semiconductor ultrashort 3 nm channel in between. Image credit: Tang et al., doi: 10.1126/science.abi8884.

Scientists Turn Carbon Nanotubes into Tiny Transistors

Dec 24, 2021 by News Staff

Using a transmission electron microscope, a team of materials scientists led by the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics in Japan and...

The wood-based hierarchical solar steam generator: CNT - carbon nanotubes, BC - bacterial cellulose, GB - glass bubbles. Image credit: Guan et al, doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01088.

New Device Harnesses Solar Energy to Purify Water

Jul 8, 2020 by News Staff

A team of scientists at the University of Science and Technology of China has developed an efficient and sustainable hierarchical steam generator that,...