Nanotubes
The latest chemistry news and research on nanotubes, including carbon nanotubes and metal nanotubes, from the Royal Society of Chemistry's magazine, Chemistry World
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OpinionAllotrope or not?
Loose terminology causes disquiet among guardians of the chemical nomenclature
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ResearchCarbon’s allotrope explosion demonstrates how the element is both versatile and fickle
New all carbon materials are relatively easy to predict but challenging, if not impossible to make, experts tell Andy Extance
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ResearchTwisted carbon nanotubes make ideal replacements for damaged ligaments
Rabbits and sheep can still walk and jump normally after transplantation of synthetic ligaments
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ResearchNew phenomenon ‘quantum friction’ explains water’s bizarre properties
Theory offers explanation why water behaves oddly when flowing through nanoscale carbon-based channels
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ResearchChemistry Nobel predictions range from organometallic chemistry to DNA synthesis
Crispr is favoured by chemists while publication analysis forecasts winners working on nanocrystals, organometallic chemistry and supramolecular self-assembly
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ResearchNanotubes enable first atomic-scale observation of nucleation’s baby steps
Single-walled carbon nanotubes and transmission electron microscope used to watch tiny metal crystals form in real time
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ResearchIntroducing the tubulararenes, a new class of strained aromatic compounds
Electroactive container molecules built from the bottom-up
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ResearchMacrocycles slide freely across carbon nanotubes
Simulations suggest macrocycles show superlubricity at room temperature
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ResearchFirst reaction on carbon nanobelts creates largest ever iptycene
Diels-Alder reactivity signals that carbon nanobelts could be useful building blocks for large macrocyclic carbon-based structures
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ResearchPost-silicon age dawns as carbon nanotube transistors made in chip factories
Moore’s law could hold true for many years to come with a little help from nanotubes
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ResearchAircraft wings could be assembled cheaply and easily using nanotubes
Technique would eliminate the need for pressure vessels the size of a building
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ResearchRhenium plays starring role in bond movie
Controllable energy input from transmission electron microscope captures atoms dissociating and recombining
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Research’Blackest black’ ever made is 10 times darker than previous record holder
Serendipitous discovery produces darkest material in existence using carbon nanotubes
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ResearchSelf-threading monomer provides protection for carbon nanotubes
Strategy assembles three-component nanostructure with nanoscale precision
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ResearchShrinking process generates uniform carbon nanotubes
Researchers contract carbon nanotubes down to their theoretical limit
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ResearchEveryday kitchen chemicals used to grow carbon nanotubes
Nanotubes can be synthesised at relatively low temperatures using sodium compounds
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ResearchSmart textile uses sweat as switch to keep wearer cool or warm
Material becomes more porous and can dissipate infrared radiation in response to moisture
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ResearchBenzene transformed into nanotubes with predictable defects
Synthesis delivers molecular cylinders that contain 240 sp2-carbon atoms
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ResearchMacrocycles power up carbon nanotubes
Interlocked molecules tune the electronic properties of nanotubes, allowing researchers to control their catalytic activity