(Nanowerk Spotlight) It has been known for several years that carbon nanotubes would heat, ignite and luminesce upon exposure to certain types of electromagnetic radiation, including laser light.

10 years ago in 1997, Al Globus and a team at NASA looked at the concept of Machine phase Fullerene Nanotechnology Fullerene nanotechnology is where atomically precise programmable machines are ...

Working with a different carbon nanomaterial, researchers at the University of Florida, led by Stephen Grobmyer, Ben Koopman and Brij Moudgil, now have been first to show that polyhydroxy fullerenes ...

To solve the energy demands for a sustainable society, it is crucial to use clean solar energy. Thus, finding methods for efficient light energy conversion is an important scientific goal. For this ...

Researchers have achieved an efficiency boost of 15.44% to 17.04% in all-inorganic perovskite solar cells by incorporating a conductive fullerene-derivative interlayer between the perovskite and ...

Solar cells are a critical component to the transition to renewable energy sources, and enhanced power conversion efficiency (PCE), or amount of power captured with a given amount of sunlight, ...

Rising usage of functionalized fullerenes for cancer imaging and treatment and use of fullerenes in electronic batteries are some key factors driving market VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 2005--To meet the growing commercial demand for nano-scale products in the United States and Europe, Frontier Carbon Corporation (FCC) of Tokyo, Japan, has ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida engineering researchers have found they can ignite certain nanoparticles using a low-power laser, a development they say opens the door to a wave of new ...

Engineering researchers have found they can ignite certain nanoparticles using a low-power laser, a development they say opens the door to a wave of new technologies in health care, computing and ...