"Carbon nanotubes play a crucial role in boosting the aerogel's photothermal conversion efficiency, enabling quicker water release with minimal energy consumption." To demonstrate the material's ...

By converting magnesium chloride into a super hygroscopic magnesium complex and incorporating it into aerogels composed of sodium alginate and carbon nanotubes, they developed a composite aerogel ...

Three RIKEN physicists have discovered how tiny tubes of carbon spit out light that is more energetic than the light shone on ...

Methanol, important for the manufacture of many everyday goods and for its green energy potential, may soon be produced ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) A standard microwave oven sits on a laboratory bench. Inside, a small sample of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) erupts into brilliant yellow-white plasma, reaching temperatures over 800 ...