Sentences with phrase «nanotubes inside»

Ji Hao, PhD» 17, a mechanical engineering student in Yung Joon's lab, discovered carbon nanotubes» sensitivity to charged particles by accident while testing the nanotubes inside a vacuum gauge.

For this study, the researchers used the technique to pinpoint small concentrations of nanotubes inside rodents.

Although the idea of creating stronger, better - adhering cartilage sounds good, placing permanent particles such as carbon nanotubes inside the joint may introduce other problems, says Freddie Fu, chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh's School of Medicine and its Medical Center.

Not exact matches

After being tightly packed together, the nanotubes are woven into the back of the jacket and inside the front of the vest (which always stays buttoned).

Nanobionic Leaf: DNA - coated carbon nanotubes (top) incorporated inside chloroplasts in the leaves of living plants (middle) boost plant photosynthesis.

Researchers report in the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A that they successfully grew cartilage around carbon nanotubes in their lab — and are optimistic that one day they will be able to duplicate the feat inside the human body.

Carbon nanotubes (left), quantum dots (inside cells, right), and nanoparticles show promise for many uses, but little is known about their impact on human health and the environment.

Metal chips that slide back and forth inside carbon nanotubes could form the 1s and 0s needed to act as archival storage devices.

Furthermore, calculations have shown that it is possible to create a combined device, where inside a two - layer carbon nanotube there will be magnetic fullerenes.

The platform builds the fibrils by combining the properties of the nanotube with a synthetic peptide fragment that is placed inside the cylinder.

The investigators stress that the danger is posed only by types of nanomaterials that are long, thin, and biopersistent — meaning that they are not broken down inside the body: «these long, thin nanotubes are very similar to asbestos in their structural and physical characteristics,» MacFarlane says.

For the first time, the researchers show that carbon nanotubes can be engineered into complex network architectures, and with controlled nano - scale dimensions inside a polymer matrix.

The result could be useful for understanding the movement of water when squeezed inside tiny channels, for instance, in carbon nanotubes or cell membranes.

Eliminating iron particles lodged inside large multiwalled nanotubes proved to be harder, but transmission electron microscope images showed their numbers, especially in single - walled tubes, to be greatly diminished.

Due to their exceptional properties, carbon nanotubes are expected to enhance the performance of current solar cells through efficient charge transport inside the device.

These are temperature dependent near - and far - field Raman spectroscopy with different lasers (for the investigation of electronic and vibrational properties), high resolution transmission electron spectroscopy (for the direct observation of carbyne inside the carbon nanotubes) and x-ray scattering (for the confirmation of bulk chain growth).

The metal with carbon nanotubes uniformly dispersed inside «is designed to mitigate radiation damage» for long periods without degrading, says Kang Pyo So.

The metal with carbon nanotubes uniformly dispersed inside «is designed to mitigate radiation damage» for long periods without degrading, Kang Pyo So says.

Carbyne is very stable inside double - walled carbon nanotubes.

For example, researchers use SCF processes to form nanoparticles or nanowires inside the tiny nanotubes.

They also used it to deliver nanoparticles, including carbon nanotubes and quantum dots, which can be used to image cells and monitor what's happening inside them.

A single chain of water molecules lines the cavity inside a carbon nanotube porin, which is embedded in a lipid bilayer.