Carbon nanotubes have a range of desirable properties, including very high tensile strength, plus high elasticity and flexibility.
Here, Rice chemists – including lead researcher Matteo Pasquali – describe how they are taking a low-tech approach to produce short lengths of strong, conductive fibres from bulk nanotubes in about an hour. The research is published in Advanced Materials.
Guest blog: exploring opportunities for hydrogen combustion engines
"We wouldn't need to pillage the environment for the rare metals for batteries, magnets, or catalisers". Batteries don't use rare...