News articles tagged with 'graphite' (Page 3)
Scientists create world's thinnest balloon - just one atom thick
— 23 Sep 2008 13:00 | TechnologyUsing a lump of graphite, a piece of Scotch tape and a silicon wafer, Cornell researchers have created a balloonlike membrane that is just one atom thick - but strong enough to contain…
Research leads to advances in energy, electronics
— 1 Aug 2008 19:19 | TechnologyA Michigan State University researcher and his students have developed a nanomaterial that makes plastic stiffer, lighter and stronger and could result in more fuel-efficient airplanes…
Multitasking nanotechnology
— 14 Jul 2008 15:56 | TechnologyConfocal microscope image of a self-assembled monolayer of a polychlorotriphenyl methyl radical patterned on a quartz surface. This multifunctional molecule behaves as an electroactive…
Engineers reveal what makes diamonds slippery at the nanoscale
— 26 Jun 2008 19:18 | PhysicsThey call diamonds 'ice,' and not just because they sparkle. Engineers and physicists have long studied diamond because even though the material is as hard as an ice ball to the head,…
By adding graphene, researchers create superior polymer
— 22 May 2008 18:33 | TechnologyResearchers at Northwestern University and Princeton University have created a new kind of polymer that, because of its extraordinary thermal and mechanical properties, could be used…
Dirty space and supernovae
— 5 Mar 2008 13:22 | AstronomyInterstellar space may be strewn with tiny whiskers of carbon, dimming the light of far-away objects. This discovery by scientists at the Carnegie Institution may have implications…
Hidden art could be revealed by new terahertz device
— 4 Feb 2008 18:34 | PhysicsLike X-rays let doctors see the bones beneath our skin, 'T-rays' could let art historians see murals hidden beneath coats of plaster or paint in centuries-old buildings, University…
Video shows buckyballs form by shrink wrapping
— 28 Oct 2007 18:25 | PhysicsThe birth secret of buckyballs - hollow spheres of carbon no wider than a strand of DNA - has been caught on tape by researchers at Sandia National Laboratory and Rice University. An…