It's called "buckypaper" and looks a lot like ordinary carbon paper, but don't be fooled by the cute name or flimsy appearance. It could revolutionize the way everything from airplanes to TVs are made ...

It's called "buckypaper" and looks a lot like ordinary carbon paper, but don't be fooled by the cute name or flimsy appearance. It could revolutionize the way everything from airplanes to TVs are made ...

(Nanowerk News) It's called "buckypaper" and looks a lot like ordinary carbon paper, but don't be fooled by the cute name or flimsy appearance. It could revolutionize the way everything from airplanes ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — It’s called “buckypaper” and looks a lot like ordinary carbon paper, but don’t be fooled by the cute name or flimsy appearance. It could revolutionize the way everything from ...

Scientists are reporting development of a new form of buckypaper, which eliminates a major drawback of these sheets of carbon nanotubes -- 50,000 times thinner than a human hair, 10 times lighter than ...

A group of Drexel materials researchers, led by Professor Christopher Li, has developed a new form of buckypaper, a sheet of carbon nanotubes, with potential uses ranging from body armor to ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Flame retardant materials have become a major business for the chemical industry and can be found practically everywhere in modern society. Unfortunately, conventional methods for ...

In the near future, gadgets, airplanes and cars will be stronger, lighter and more energy-efficient thanks to "Buckypaper" -- a material scientists discovered by accident. Composed of tube-shaped ...

When most materials are stretched in one direction, they get thinner in the other directions — like a rubber band. However, researchers in the US have discovered that some types of buckypaper — sheets ...

The quest for structural materials that are multifunctional and lightweight is important for future technological and engineering advances. The unique combination of remarkable axial mechanical, ...

Piezoresistive properties play a vital role in the development of sensor for structural health monitoring (SHM) applications. Novel stable crack initiation method (SCIM) is established to improve the ...