Nanotechnology - Carbon Nanotube Electronics

StanfordNano Says:

May 22, 2010 - I can't say I know much about diamond nanorods...so I'm afraid I can't answer this...

StanfordNano Says:

May 22, 2010 - Many existing companies already do this. Of course, it depends on what kind of nanotubes you want - multi-walled or single-walled? long or short? ...etc. One group of researchers at Rice Univeristy is researching how to manufacture CNTs into "threads", and this work was recently featured in the May/June issue of MIT's Technology Review.

StanfordNano Says:

May 22, 2010 - Using carbon nanotubes to make digital logic circuits will save power! Imagine a laptop or a LCD monitor that doesn't heat up. CNT circuits can be more power efficient, and thus require less power to do the same job.

StanfordNano Says:

May 22, 2010 - , Yes, there has been a lot of interest in carbon nanotube applications in batteries. Some have demonstrated flexible batteries using "paper" coated with carbon nanotubes to serve as the electrodes. If you are interested in technical papers on this, may I suggest searching for "carbon nanotube battery" in google scholar. Quite a lot turns up!

StanfordNano Says:

May 22, 2010 - @laitela01, I think that may be quite a leap from what we are proposing here. But nanotechnology does take us a step closer towards controlling materials at the nano / atomic level.

3li3li3li Says:

May 22, 2010 - Thank for the video. It was very educational. I hope you will post more videos in the future.

SSTTEEAALLTTHH Says:

May 15, 2010 - @skimmy6 Unlikely. May bey you can somehow replace bone-tissue, but your metabolism, proteome and many other physiological aspects that are supposed to happen gradely throughout maturing., will stay behind, which will do much damage to your body. Growing is more then gaining length alone, you also need to alter muscles, tendons, sensory organs, metabolism, blood flow, etc etc

brettjacobs101 Says:

May 14, 2010 - Hey thos was some good questions! They would be awsome for the military! I think they already have a Full body suit, they can make u super strong and Fast! ijust for get the name its Called! ...

OmnibusWhiteLion Says:

May 8, 2010 - which is harder; carbon nanotubes or aggrogated diamond nanorods?

slowmanrunning2 Says:

May 6, 2010 - I think if people didn't worry about money, they would have to make their own food, and wouldn't have time to research things like this.

deanominatorx Says:

May 1, 2010 - Theres on-going research going on about how to manufacture carbon nanotubes in excess. Im looking for resources of any kind to help assist in this research. Do you know any new manufacturing processing or state of the art equipment that has a promising future in this research?

rroge5 Says:

Apr 29, 2010 - but they dont say that so much power will be wasted!

jpc1105 Says:

Apr 29, 2010 - Any info on CNT's being used for paper batteries/super capacitors? Back in December I read about professors at Berkeley having a break through with carbon nanotubes on normal copier paper!?

laitela01 Says:

Apr 28, 2010 - So they can basically build food from atoms...

futurettt Says:

Apr 19, 2010 - very true, but, people need boundaries. Without boundaries people would go mad. They would kill, steal, etc. Money is what keeps humanity sane, even if that is what keeps us from advancing in some fields.

SinkingPennyBLee Says:

Apr 18, 2010 - Well, as you state with your last sentence about money, I must disagree. Even if capitalism isn't a great thing for many people, in the R&D field, it induces competition amongst companies which would therefore induce faster production. However, if humans were able to work optimally, in somewhat of a communistic environment, then of course faster progress would be made by working in collaboration. This is impossible at the moment given the diverse morality nature of humans.

StanfordNano Says:

Apr 16, 2010 - @skimmy6, As of now, I can't say I know anything about that...

StanfordNano Says:

Apr 16, 2010 - @lloydyz1150. As I mentioned to a previous commentor, I can't really speculate on whether this is a suitable material for a space elevator. However, I have heard much talk about this being a good potential. Now, to make carbon nanotubes in large enough quantities for such an application (as you mentioned), I think that will indeed be a big challenge! (but something very do-able if people are motivated enough)

StanfordNano Says:

Apr 16, 2010 - @Bestdogsintheworld, Perhaps it could. I will not officially speculate on the possibility of that, however, I have heard that some people are making ships with carbon nanotubes and carbon composites. These are ships that sail in the ocean, not in space, though.

StanfordNano Says:

Apr 16, 2010 - @moniker127, Yup, that is correct. We use nanotubes in nano- to micro-sized semiconductor applications. This includes wires as well as transistors.

StanfordNano Says:

Apr 16, 2010 - , indeed, the nanotubes we show in this video are Carbon Nanotubes. We grow them on a regular basis for our research.

vanbogie Says:

Mar 20, 2010 - Sweet.  To quote The Discovery Channel... "The World Is Just Awesome..." Such endeavors give me some much needed hope and optimism...

lloydyz1150 Says:

Mar 11, 2010 - I have heard that if they ever build a space elevator this is the stuff they will us to construct it but how would in be constructed in such a great quantity?

moniker127 Says:

Feb 12, 2010 - Well, they are just using nanotubes for small, very efficient wires in this video, but nanotubes are actually one of the strongest martials known to man, harder than even diamond- so if the millitary used them, it would likely be for very effective armor.

StanfordNano Says:

Feb 6, 2010 - Hi Christian9872, Carbon nanotubes, in general, is a material and can be used in various product applications just like other nano materials. Using carbon nanotubes to strengthen metals is one such application. I have not heard of applications in which nanotubes are used to strengthen fabrics, though it may be possible; however, I have heard of applications where nanotubes are used to make conductive fabrics.