Nano Academic http://www.nanoacademic.com Nanotechnology Information Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:02:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Carbon Nanotube Speakers Could Be Powered by Lasers http://www.nanoacademic.com/carbon-nanotube-speakers-could-be-powered-by-lasers-3034.htm http://www.nanoacademic.com/carbon-nanotube-speakers-could-be-powered-by-lasers-3034.htm#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:02:32 +0000 Saittyideda http://www.nanoacademic.com/carbon-nanotube-speakers-could-be-powered-by-lasers-3034.htm A UT Dallas team’s study published in the Journal of Applied Physics expands the extraordinary capabilities of nanotechnology to include laser-powered acoustic speakers made from assemblies of carbon nanotubes . …

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]]> http://www.nanoacademic.com/carbon-nanotube-speakers-could-be-powered-by-lasers-3034.htm/feed 0 Renewable Energy Advances » MIT Scientists Discover a Way to … http://www.nanoacademic.com/renewable-energy-advances-%c2%bb-mit-scientists-discover-a-way-to-3033.htm http://www.nanoacademic.com/renewable-energy-advances-%c2%bb-mit-scientists-discover-a-way-to-3033.htm#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:00:11 +0000 enterrefath http://www.nanoacademic.com/renewable-energy-advances-%c2%bb-mit-scientists-discover-a-way-to-3033.htm In the new experiments, each of these electrically and thermally conductive nanotubes was coated with a layer of a reactive fuel that can produce heat by decomposing. This fuel was then ignited at one end of the nanotube using either a …

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]]> http://www.nanoacademic.com/renewable-energy-advances-%c2%bb-mit-scientists-discover-a-way-to-3033.htm/feed 0 Nanotubes help create thermopower waves | Technic News Aggregate … http://www.nanoacademic.com/nanotubes-help-create-thermopower-waves-technic-news-aggregate-3030.htm http://www.nanoacademic.com/nanotubes-help-create-thermopower-waves-technic-news-aggregate-3030.htm#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:18:31 +0000 vinitha http://www.nanoacademic.com/nanotubes-help-create-thermopower-waves-technic-news-aggregate-3030.htm A paper published in Nature Materials this week details a new method for using nanotubes to generate significant amounts of power, at least for their size. When multi-walled carbon nanotubes are covered with a material that produces an …

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]]> http://www.nanoacademic.com/nanotubes-help-create-thermopower-waves-technic-news-aggregate-3030.htm/feed 0 "Treated Nanotubes Said to Yield 100 Times More Power Than … http://www.nanoacademic.com/treated-nanotubes-said-to-yield-100-times-more-power-than-3029.htm http://www.nanoacademic.com/treated-nanotubes-said-to-yield-100-times-more-power-than-3029.htm#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:08:34 +0000 AaronMitchel http://www.nanoacademic.com/treated-nanotubes-said-to-yield-100-times-more-power-than-3029.htm Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered that nanotubes covered with chemical fuel can produce an electrical current as they burn, yielding up to 100 times more power by weight than a conventional battery.

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]]> http://www.nanoacademic.com/treated-nanotubes-said-to-yield-100-times-more-power-than-3029.htm/feed 0 Tech News Updates » Combustible carbon nanotubes give off … http://www.nanoacademic.com/tech-news-updates-%c2%bb-combustible-carbon-nanotubes-give-off-3031.htm http://www.nanoacademic.com/tech-news-updates-%c2%bb-combustible-carbon-nanotubes-give-off-3031.htm#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:22:00 +0000 admin http://www.nanoacademic.com/tech-news-updates-%c2%bb-combustible-carbon-nanotubes-give-off-3031.htm Try a carbon nanotube . Artificial muscle? Nanotubes . Space Ladder ? Self-cleaning windows ? Incredibly small bowl of soup ? You get the picture. What can’t carbon nanotubes do? We’re not sure just yet, but even power generation is not …

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]]> http://www.nanoacademic.com/tech-news-updates-%c2%bb-combustible-carbon-nanotubes-give-off-3031.htm/feed 0 Combustible carbon nanotubes give off electricity, make really … http://www.nanoacademic.com/combustible-carbon-nanotubes-give-off-electricity-make-really-2-3027.htm http://www.nanoacademic.com/combustible-carbon-nanotubes-give-off-electricity-make-really-2-3027.htm#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:22:00 +0000 adminst http://www.nanoacademic.com/combustible-carbon-nanotubes-give-off-electricity-make-really-2-3027.htm Need a more efficient heat sink? Try a carbon nanotube . Artificial muscle? Nanotubes . Space Ladder? Self-cleaning windows? Incredibly small bowl of s.

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]]> http://www.nanoacademic.com/combustible-carbon-nanotubes-give-off-electricity-make-really-2-3027.htm/feed 0 Combustible carbon nanotubes give off electricity, make really … http://www.nanoacademic.com/combustible-carbon-nanotubes-give-off-electricity-make-really-3026.htm http://www.nanoacademic.com/combustible-carbon-nanotubes-give-off-electricity-make-really-3026.htm#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:22:00 +0000 bedsfleedyfekuolpe http://www.nanoacademic.com/combustible-carbon-nanotubes-give-off-electricity-make-really-3026.htm Need a more efficient heat sink? Try a carbon nanotube . Artificial muscle? Nanotubes . Space Ladder? Self-cleaning windows? Incredibly small bowl of s.

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]]> http://www.nanoacademic.com/combustible-carbon-nanotubes-give-off-electricity-make-really-3026.htm/feed 0 Nano Patents and Innovations: Super-Compressible Foam-Like Carbon … http://www.nanoacademic.com/nano-patents-and-innovations-super-compressible-foam-like-carbon-3025.htm http://www.nanoacademic.com/nano-patents-and-innovations-super-compressible-foam-like-carbon-3025.htm#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:21:00 +0000 bedsfleedyfekuolpe http://www.nanoacademic.com/nano-patents-and-innovations-super-compressible-foam-like-carbon-3025.htm Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) researchers discovered that freestanding films of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes exhibit super-compressible, foam-like behavior. Under compression, the nanotubes collectively form zigzag …

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]]> http://www.nanoacademic.com/nano-patents-and-innovations-super-compressible-foam-like-carbon-3025.htm/feed 0 Combustible carbon nanotubes give off electricity, build really … http://www.nanoacademic.com/combustible-carbon-nanotubes-give-off-electricity-build-really-3032.htm http://www.nanoacademic.com/combustible-carbon-nanotubes-give-off-electricity-build-really-3032.htm#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:29:22 +0000 Kerisistape http://www.nanoacademic.com/combustible-carbon-nanotubes-give-off-electricity-build-really-3032.htm Need a more efficient heat sink? Try a carbon nanotube . Artificial muscle? Nanotubes . Space Ladder? Self-cleaning windows? Incredibly small bowl of soup? You, Need a more efficient heat sink? Try a carbon nanotube . Artificial muscle?

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]]> http://www.nanoacademic.com/combustible-carbon-nanotubes-give-off-electricity-build-really-3032.htm/feed 0 Carbon Nanotubes Cuffs Could Tap Waste Heat From Exhaust Pipes For … http://www.nanoacademic.com/carbon-nanotubes-cuffs-could-tap-waste-heat-from-exhaust-pipes-for-3028.htm http://www.nanoacademic.com/carbon-nanotubes-cuffs-could-tap-waste-heat-from-exhaust-pipes-for-3028.htm#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:51:55 +0000 vosduholov http://www.nanoacademic.com/carbon-nanotubes-cuffs-could-tap-waste-heat-from-exhaust-pipes-for-3028.htm Unlike conventional thermocells that are made using expensive platinum electrodes, these researchers have replicated the technology using inexpensive carbon nanotubes electrodes, since they pack a huge surface area into a tiny volume to …

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