Researchers enlist DNA to bring carbon nanotubes’ promise closer to reality

Tailored sequences of DNA lead to breakthrough in the campaign to sort and separate CNTs

14-Jul-2009 - A team of researchers from DuPont and Lehigh University has reported a breakthrough in the quest to produce carbon nanotubes (CNTs) that are suitable for use in electronics, medicine and other applications. In an article published in the July 9 issue of Nature, the group says it has developed a ...

Photoluminescent well-organised films

24-Sep-2008 - Takayoshi Sasaki and colleagues at the National Institute of Materials Science, Tsukuba, and co-workers from the University of Tsukuba, Japan have prepared rare earth hydroxide films by trapping micrometer-sized crystals at a hexane-water interface and then transferring them to a substrate. The ...

DuPont-led Scientists Unveil Key Nanotechnology Discovery with Use of DNA

Sorting Carbon Nanotubes Provides Significant Step in Advancing Nano- Electronics Applications

04-Dec-2003 - A collaborative group of DuPont-led scientists have discovered an innovative way to advance electronics applications through the use of DNA that sorts carbon nanotubes. This research in the emerging field of nanotechnology appears in the current issue of the journal Science, which is published ...