wiredInUSA January 2020

Sizing up nanotube production

Researchers from Swansea University and Rice University have developed a method for growing single-walled carbon nanotubes on newspaper. Carbon nanotubes are the minute molecules with physical properties appropriate for applications such as flexible electronics, conductive films for touchscreen displays, 5G network antennas and fabrics that generate energy.

could help solve the challenge of large- scale nanotube manufacture.

The Beta LaserMike brand has been faithfully serving the wire and cable industry for over 50 years and we have thousands of satisfied customers that rely on our measurement systems every day to improve quality, increase productivity and deliver manufacturing savings. We are committed to your success. Precision Measurement & Control Solutions The team’s findings were published in MDPI’s Journal of Carbon Research. During the study, the researchers concluded that newspaper offered a stackable 2D surface for growing the nanotubes, but that not all newspaper is suitable. Apparently only newspaper manufactured with sizing produced from kaolin will encourage the growth of the carbon nanotubes.

The method, which appears to be both inexpensive and environmentally friendly,

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