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The Motley Fool December 28, 2004 Wherrett & Yelovich	Nano Firms Tie the Knot The merger of Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. (CNI) and C Sixty, along with an expanding customer base, makes CNI an even more attractive IPO. Will 2005 be the year carbon nanotubes are introduced to the public?
The Motley Fool May 23, 2005 Carl Wherrett	Goliaths Face a Nano Challenger Nano-Proprietary's patents threaten the display plans of some tech giants. Investors in Nano-Proprietary should be increasingly excited about its prospects
The Motley Fool May 12, 2005 Jack Uldrich	Risk in Carbon Nanotubes? Nanotech's "wonder" materials might also carry a substantial downside. Until the questions surrounding carbon nanotubes can be adequately answered, investors are encouraged to temper their enthusiasm
Technology Research News December 1, 2004 Eric Smalley	For Pure Nanotubes Add Water Washing away impurities with water turns out to be as good for growing carbon nanotubes as it is for keeping a clean house.
Technology Research News November 3, 2004	Nanotubes Lengthen to Centimeters Researchers have found a way to grow very long carbon nanotubes. One long-range possibility is using ultralong carbon nanotubes fibers to make an elevator to low Earth orbit.
Technology Research News February 25, 2004	Nanotube mix makes liquid crystal Carbon nanotubes are rolled-up sheets of carbon atoms that can be as narrow as 0.4 nanometers, or the span of four hydrogen atoms. They have useful electrical and mechanical properties and are a leading player in nanotechnology.
Technology Research News February 11, 2004	DNA sorts nanotubes Researchers have come up with a way to use DNA to separate carbon nanotubes by electrical type -- metallic or semi conducting -- and by diameter. A carbon nanotubes's electrical properties and diameter are related.
Technology Research News October 8, 2003	Nanotubes boost storage Scientists from IBM Research in Zurich, Osaka Prefecture University in Japan, and the Japanese Nanotechnology Research Institute have advanced the possibilities of using multiwalled carbon nanotubes to make denser, more efficient data storage devices.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2005 Dan Bloom	Ready for Some Carbon Nanotubing? Carbon nanotubes are going to show up in all sorts of high tech devices. Be ready for them.
Technology Research News August 13, 2003	Carbon wires expand nano toolkit Scientists looking for building blocks to form electronics and machines that are not much bigger than molecules have gained a new tool.
The Motley Fool August 8, 2006 Jack Uldrich	Beware the Nano Lawyers Growing confusion over nanotechnology-related patents could snare investors. Investors need to consider the strength of a company's intellectual property (IP) portfolio.
Chemistry World November 19, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Spinning Out Stronger Nanotubes Scientists have devised a new way to make super-strength carbon nanotube fibers.
Technology Research News March 9, 2005	Method Makes Double Nanotubes Researchers can now fabricate pure batches of double-walled carbon nanotubes, which theoretically should be more thermally and chemically stable than single walled nanotubes.
Technology Research News March 23, 2005	Nanotubes juice super batteries A relatively simple and inexpensive way to form a new type of thin film supercapacitor from multi-wall carbon nanotubes.
IndustryWeek October 20, 2010	Buckyball Comes of Age The buckyball is a nanometer, or one-billionth of a meter, in diameter and consists of 60 carbon atom cages that form the shape of a soccer ball.
Technology Research News September 22, 2004	Plastics Ease Nanotube Circuits Researchers have devised a way to make a random, self-assembled network of carbon nanotubes embedded in polymer that preserves the nanotubes' electrical conductivity and is suitable for thermal printing processes.
Reason October 2007 Jeff Taylor	Get the Picture? Patent intimidation: Once again vague patents are blocking innovation rather than encouraging it.
Industrial Physicist Feb/Mar 2004 R. Bruce Weisman	Simplifying carbon nanotube identification A new method has been found to identify and classify various structural forms of carbon nanotubes, each with its characteristic electronic properties, in a typical mixture, using spectrofluorimetry.
Technology Research News December 1, 2004	Short Nanotubes Carry Big Currents Researchers have developed a simple way to fabricate carbon nanotube devices whose length is as small as ten nanometers, and have shown that electricity can pass through the nanotubes very efficiently.
Reactive Reports July 2004 David Bradley	Pure Nanotubes Researchers have developed a novel technique that allows them to purify carbon nanotubes and to sort those that are semiconducting from the metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes.
Technology Research News April 7, 2004	Fiber spun from nanotube smoke Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England have developed a relatively simple way to manufacture continuous fibers of carbon nanotubes.
Technology Research News February 25, 2004	Nanotubes boost shape recovery Researchers have mixed carbon nanotubes with polymer to make a plastic that is good at springing back into shape when heated. The shape memory polymers could be used in practical applications in five years, according to the researchers.
The Motley Fool November 29, 2005 Jack Uldrich	IBM: A Very Small Bright Light Big Blue's latest announcement could lead to a myriad of uses in computers, telecommunications, and lighting. Investors, take note.
Technology Research News August 27, 2003	Nanotubes spark gas detector Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have found a way to use carbon nanotubes to make very small, sensitive gas detectors.
IndustryWeek August 1, 2005 John Teresko	Two Steps Forward, One Back? Leaders such as Motorola and IBM have embraced nanomaterials, but by spending less on R&D, the U.S. manufacturing sector could be stumbling in the race for more innovative products.
IEEE Spectrum June 2007 Suhas Sreedhar	Diamondoids May be a TV's Best Friend Nanometer-scale diamonds from petroleum could find use in next generation displays.
IEEE Spectrum July 2005 Samuel K. Moore	The Nanotech Patent Trap Because of the messy patent situation in nanotechnology, customers must live in fear of being sued or license multiple similar patents just to be safe.
Technology Research News January 14, 2004	Nanotubes grown on plastic Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England have devised a way to grow vertical forests of carbon nanotubes on flexible plastic.
Geotimes May 2007 Carolyn Gramling	Lava Cooks up Carbon Nanotubes Mount Etna may be a fiery factory for one of the most sought-after tools of nanotechnology: tiny carbon nanotubes.
Chemistry World January 17, 2013 Simon Hadlington	Nanotech patent jungle set to become denser in 2013 As we welcome in 2013, will nanotechnology continue to dominate many of the scientific headlines in the coming year, just as it has done over the past decade?
PC World October 2, 2006 Eric Bender	The Future of Nanotech Ultra-small technology, revolutionary impact.
Chemistry World November 1, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	Acid solution for nanotube fibres US researchers have found new ways of dissolving carbon nanotubes without chemically modifying them.
Technology Research News February 9, 2005	Nanotubes on plastic speed circuits Many researchers are working to make plastic electronics that are as fast as today's silicon electronic components -- with the promise to enable flexible, inexpensive and very-large area computer screens. One group of researchers has taken a significant step closer to this goal.
BusinessWeek July 25, 2005 Ian Rowley	TV Screens Face a Dazzling New Rival SED displays rival plasma and LCDs, offering better images while consuming one-third the power used by plasma and about half that of LCDs. Prototypes have been put on display, but mass production may be a problem.
Reactive Reports Issue 34 David Bradley	Sandwiched nanotubes Ferrocene-modified carbon nanotubes can separate charge
IndustryWeek January 1, 2008 Jill Jusko	Growth Spurt for Nano: By the Numbers More than $50 billion in nano-enabled products sold worldwide last year.
The Motley Fool November 13, 2006 Jack Uldrich	Intel Goes Ballistic The microchip company's work with carbon nanotubes could keep Moore's Law going.
Chemistry World July 26, 2013 Phillip Broadwith	Gas specialist branches out into carbon nanotubes Industrial gas specialist Linde Group has branched out into carbon nanotubes, launching SEER e- ink. The ink contains long, individual single-walled nanotubes suspended in dimethylsulfoxide.
Technology Research News April 20, 2005	Nanotube Chemical Sensor Gains Speed Researchers have made single-walled carbon nanotube chemical sensors that transmit information by measuring the charge in the nanotubes' capacitance, or ability to store electric charge.
CIO January 1, 2003 Julie Hanson	The Next Little Thing Perhaps the Next Big Thing on the horizon, nanotechnology is the science of manipulating materials on an atomic or molecular scale.
Technology Research News May 21, 2003	Nanotubes smash length record Duke University researchers produced nanotubes as long as two millimeters, which is 100 times longer than previous efforts. Nanotubes have great potential as components of nanomachines and nanoelectronics.
Chemistry World February 21, 2012	Treat science as a hobby Jie Liu talks to Heather Montgomery about his scientific inspirations and the next big breakthrough in carbon nanotube research.
Technology Research News June 30, 2004	Nanotubes boost neuron growth The method is a step toward neuron-electronic interfaces that would allow for direct biological control of computers and prosthetic devices.
Technology Research News October 8, 2003	Nanotubes harvest electrons Researchers from the University of Bologna and the University of Trieste in Italy, and the University of Notre Dame have found a way to alter carbon nanotubes so that they efficiently separate electrical charge. The method could lead to more efficient solar cells.
Technology Research News December 1, 2004	Tight Twist Toughens Nanotube Fiber Researchers have strengthened carbon nanotube yarn by introducing a tight twist as the nanotubes are spun.
Chemistry World December 2, 2010 Laura Howes	Nanotube material retains bounce at extreme Carbon nanotubes can make a rubber like material that remains usable in a temperature range of over one thousand degrees.
Technology Research News May 7, 2003	Nanotube shines telecom light Researchers are continually working to expand the usefulness of carbon nanotubes. Scientists from IBM Research have found a way to make the tubes emit light, and have fashioned a nanotube transistor that emits 1.5-micron infrared light, a wavelength widely used in telecommunications.
Technology Research News April 21, 2004	Nanotube Forms Drive Shaft A researcher from the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering in Singapore has fashioned a drive shaft that is 1,000 times narrower than a human hair. The component could someday be used in machines that are smaller than bacteria.
Technology Research News April 23, 2003	Nanotube web could mimic brain Researchers from NASA Ames Research Center have found a way to grow minuscule webs of connected carbon nanotubes. These networks could herald a new type of electronics that have huge numbers of random connections, a setup similar to a brain's synapses.
Chemistry World May 20, 2008 Richard Van Noorden	Carbon nanotubes behave like asbestos Long straight carbon nanotubes may be as dangerous as asbestos fibres, potentially causing cancer in cells lining the lung, a pilot study in mice has shown.