Computer models of nanotubes illustrate a property called "chirality." When carbon atoms are arranged in straight lines along the tube, the tube is a very good conductor. When they form a spiral ...

The crystalline carbon family is the subject of a determined research effort because the unique bonding features of carbon give it some very special properties. For instance, diamond is an extremely ...

Scientists have found that graphite behaves like a semiconductor in ultrafast time scales. The results are of fundamental importance for future electronic devices based on carbon, in which high ...

The first scanning tunneling spectroscopy of graphene flakes equipped with a "gate" electrode has found an unexpected gap-like feature in the energy spectrum of electrons tunneling into graphene's ...

ASSOCIATED PRESS Boeing relies on carbon fiber technology in its 787 Dreamliner. Workers assemble Dreamliners at the company’s massive plant in North Charleston, S.C. Diamonds are hard because the ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Semiconducting carbon nanotubes have outstanding electrical and optical properties. This has allowed for engineering device prototypes showing great potential for applications ...

The scientists who work with carbon nanotubes have big dreams for the tiny objects, including superfast electronics and hard spaceship materials. To date, however, few applications using the nanoscale ...

The distribution of outermost shell electrons, known as valence electrons, of organic molecules was experimentally observed for the first time by a team led by Nagoya University in Japan. As the ...

When you coat yarn made of carbon nanotubes with explosives, you can get an entirely new way to create electricity. ByTim De Chant Thursday, August 28, 2014 NOVA NextNOVA Next The unique properties of ...

Only in the 1950s did silicon become the semiconductor of choice, for the founders of semiconductor science spent far more time on those from Ge and II–VI semiconductors. Silicon's electronic ...

(Nanowerk News) Nanomaterials like carbon possess unique properties, which have led to first applications in novel electronic devices and sensors. These materials are based on ordered, atomically thin ...