To fabricate hot water repellent fabrics, a nanocomposite of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) and Teflon was prepared and applied to commercial fabrics to produce scalding protection clothes. Current water repellent material only works well up …

 
Carbon Nanotubes and Teflon Repel Hot Water

Scientists at DuPont and Lehigh University have refined a technique, first published in 2003, to sort carbon nanotubes using specific sequences of DNA. This technique offers the first demonstration that nanotubes can be sorted by size, …

 
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For instance, a car with a 20-gallon hydrogen storage tank made from carbon nanotubes or metal hydrides– two of the best ideas so far– would add $5.5 million or $30k respectively to the price of that vehicle. …

 
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The Nature article is titled “DNA sequence motifs for structure-specific recognition and separation of carbon nanotubes .” Its authors are Ming Zheng, Xiaomin Tu, Anand Jagota and Suresh Manohar. Zheng and Tu are scientists with DuPont …

 
DNA brings Carbon Nanotubes' Promise Closer to Reality

Carbon nanotubes are molecular-scale tubes of graphitic carbon with outstanding properties. They are among the stiffest and strongest fibres known, and have remarkable electronic properties and many other unique characteristics.

 
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Researchers are trying to develop new types of thermal interface materials that conduct heat more efficiently than conventional materials, improving overall performance and helping to meet cooling needs of future chips that will produce …

 
Nanotubes Act As 'Thermal Velcro' To Reduce Computer-chip Heating

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are a family of molecules that have the same cylindrical shape but different chiralities. Many fundamental studies and technological applications of SWNTs require a population of tubes with …

 
Next Big Future: Improved DNA Sorting of Carbon Nanotubes

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SNCWs) are well known for their outstanding strength, stiffness, and electronic properties, but their utility has been limited by the diversity of their structures and the difficulty of separating …

 
Carbon Nanotubes in Ordered DNA Wrappers

A team of researchers from DuPont and Lehigh University has reported a breakthrough in the quest to produce carbon nanotubes (CNTs) that are suitable for use in electronics, medicine and other applications.In an article published in the …

 
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SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc. (SWeNT), a leading developer and manufacturer of Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes and Specialty Multiwall Nanotubes will receive up to a $3 million equity infusion from the Insight Technology Capital Partners …

 
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