Florida State researchers have been awarded more than $1.4 million from the National Science Foundation to develop a system that will produce large amounts of a state-of-the-art material made from ...

Recently, there has been an interest in the incorporation of buckypaper (BP), or carbon nanotube (CNT) membranes, in composite laminates. Research has shown that using BP in contrast to nanotube doped ...

Although often overshadowed by their single- and multiwalled siblings, double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWNTs) are predicted to have superior mechanical properties, thermal conductivity, and structural ...

However, despite decades of research, the widespread use of buckypaper has been held back by two persistent issues: the high cost of synthesizing CNTs and the significant environmental impact of ...

Abstract: Carbon nanotube (CNT) thin sheet, or buckypaper, has shown great potential as a multifunctional platform material due to its desirable properties, including its lightweight nature, high ...

Fossil fuels, the primary source of energy supply in modern society, are both unsustainable and damaging to the environment. The most cost-effective way to reduce the use of fossil fuels is to switch ...

A team of scientists at Florida State University's High-Performance Materials Institute is using advanced nanomaterials to produce lightweight heat shields that can stand up to the impact of ...

Heat shields for hypersonic vehicles are usually thick, heavy and hard to manufacture, but researchers have demonstrated thin and flexible thermal protection using carbon nanotubes. Florida State ...