Incandescent light bulbs at the nanoscale
https://www.electronics-lab.com/incandescent-light-bulbs-nanoscale/
Using tiny arrays of carbon nanotubes, a team of researchers at Rice University has designed nanoscale incandescent light source that could be tuned to precisely emit at specific wavelength, based on the materials’ configuration. The so-called nanoscale thermal emitters described in a paper titled “Non‐Hermitian Selective Thermal Emitters using Metal–Semiconductor Hybrid Resonators” published in the […]
A Carbon Nanotube Microprocessor Mature Enough to Say Hello
https://www.electronics-lab.com/carbon-nanotube-microprocessor-mature-enough-say-hello/
Did you know that researchers are looking for an alternative to silicon? Did you know in principle that Carbon Nanotubes processor could run three times faster while consuming about one-third of the energy of their silicon predecessor? The Engineers at MIT and Analog Devices have created the first fully programmable 16-bit Carbon Nanotube microprocessor. Since […]
Pressure Sensor of the Future, Today
https://www.electronics-lab.com/pressure-sensor-future-today/
Pressure sensors are used today in many fields, such as automotive industry, touch screen devices, aviation and biomedical instrumentation, many of these applications require precise and accurate measures. Many times, this can not be achieved because of the limitations of the sensors such as the inability to measure on round surfaces (if they are twisted […]
Long-fibre carbon nanotubes shown to be carcinogenic
https://www.electronics-lab.com/long-fibre-carbon-nanotubes-shown-carcinogenic/
by Thomas Scherer @ elektormagazine.com writes: Nanotechnology plays an indispensable role in modern materials research and new products. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) enable production of novel materials with amazing properties. Progress is however not without risk and a recent study on mice has shown that certain types of CNTs have similar carcinogenic properties as asbestos fibers. […]