Lightweight and high strength are perpetual pursuits for fiber materials. In response to the application requirements of fibers in high strain rate scenarios such as battlefield protection and space ...

Researchers from Jilin University identified single-walled carbon nanotubes in soil samples brought back from ...

In a recent article published in the journal Carbon, researchers from Korea investigated the effects of microstructural evolution on the density of carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers. The density of CNTs is ...

Since its invention, Kevlar has saved thousands of lives thanks to the synthetic polymer being both incredibly lightweight and incredibly strong. However, Kevlar is far from the last word on ballistic ...

A forest of pure-carbon nanostructures, grown and harvested from a liquid-metal catalytic surface, could find applications ranging from high-performance rubber and resins, to next-generation batteries ...

Carbon nanotube (CNT) yarns are promising for flexible and fabric-type wearable materials that can convert waste heat into thermoelectricity. To improve the thermoelectric properties of CNT yarns, ...

Fabrics that resist knife cuts can help prevent injuries and save lives. But a sharp enough knife or a very forceful jab can get through some of these materials. Now, researchers report in ACS Applied ...

Carbon nanotubes exhibit outstanding mechanical strength and electrical conductivity, among other peculiar optoelectronic features, and have potential uses in semiconductors beyond the silicon age.

A person in personal protective equipment pulls a wispy material out of a tubular furnace. A Huntsman employee pulls carbon nanotube fibers from a reactor outlet. Credit: Huntsman The chemical maker ...