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Chemistry World March 11, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	Building nano-scale electronic contacts An international team of researchers has discovered a way of firmly 'welding' carbon nanotubes to metal particles that could lead to new nano-scale electronic contacts.
Chemistry World June 6, 2012 Catherine Pridmore	Challenging the consensus on nanotube electrochemistry UK scientists have shown that the sidewalls and closed ends of carbon nanotubes can support fast electron transfer, challenging the belief that they are electrochemically inert.
Chemistry World June 10, 2012 Jon Cartwright	Electrode dip to freshen up saltwater Producing freshwater from brackish water could be cheaper and easier than previously thought, according to researchers who have developed a new technique for desalination.
Chemistry World August 7, 2008	Making Seawater Easier to Swallow Researchers based in the US and Korea have developed a membrane that cuts the costs of filtering salt from seawater.
Chemistry World March 18, 2011 Rebecca Brodie	Simple salt removal to get fresh water Scientists in the US have developed a membrane-free, solvent extraction method to remove salt from seawater that works at low temperatures.
Chemistry World March 27, 2013 Jennifer Newton	Flow electrodes may enable large-scale sea water desalination Scientists from South Korea have modified a water treatment method called capacitive deionization, with the aim of desalinizing sea water on a large scale. Capacitive deionization uses an electric field to remove cations and anions from water flowing past two oppositely placed electrodes.
Chemistry World May 19, 2006 Jon Evans	CNTs Provide Pores for Thought Membranes containing pores made of carbon nanotubes could improve the efficiency of processes such as desalination and removing CO 2 from industrial emissions.
Chemistry World July 3, 2008 Hayley Birch	A new spin on sorting nanotubes A new method for sorting carbon nanotubes could prove useful in creating nanomaterials for fast switching transistors, solar cells and touch screens, say scientists.
Chemistry World February 10, 2009 Hayley Birch	Controversial new theory for nanotube growth If predictions are borne out experimentally, the theory could have practical implications for researchers trying to control nanotube growth in the lab. But experts say the theory may be unrealistic.
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.
Chemistry World September 20, 2012 Ian Le Guillou	Self-assembling, squeezy nanotubes made Researchers have developed dynamic nanotubes that open and shut depending on temperature.
IEEE Spectrum June 2010 Sally Adee	Eight Technologies for Drinkable Seawater Desalination takes too much energy, but emerging technologies will help
IEEE Spectrum April 2008 Sarah Adee	New Water Technology Headed for Parched Places Capacitive deionization to debut in drought-struck Australia.
Chemistry World July 23, 2009 Hayley Birch	Nanotube growth caught on camera French and US researchers have produced the first video evidence that carbon nanotubes turn as they grow.
Chemistry World March 21, 2010 Lewis Brindley	Drinking water from sunlight and seawater A device that can 'push' the salt out of seawater has been developed by US researchers.
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 September 22, 2004	Nanotubes on Cloth Fire Electrons Researchers have found that nanotubes grown on rough surfaces like carbon cloth can be coaxed to emit electrons using extremely low electric fields.
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.
Chemistry World May 19, 2009 Michael Gross	Quick-switching carbon nanotube displays Researchers in Beijing have developed a new type of incandescent display made of thin layers of highly aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes.
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.
Chemistry World January 18, 2012 Laura Howes	A simple separation solution for carbon nanotubes Single-walled carbon nanotubes exist in both metallic and semiconducting forms, but many of the applications of the materials require either one type or the other, making separation increasingly important.
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.
Chemistry World March 1, 2011 Elinor Richards	Chickpeas grow taller with carbon nanotubes Carbon nanotubes can enhance plant growth without damaging plant cells, say scientists from India.
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.
Chemistry World July 8, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	DNA gets nanotubes sorted out DNA could be the answer to sorting different kinds of carbon nanotubes, say US researchers.
Chemistry World September 18, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Homogenised nanotubes show electronics promise The process uses ultraviolet light and air to produce purified semiconducting nanotubes, which could be valuable in developing the next generation of computer chips.
Chemistry World October 11, 2012 James Urquhart	Drawing gas sensors with a nanotube pencil US researchers have created a gas sensor that can detect ammonia as well as existing sensors. The 'pencil' comes in the form of a carbon nanotube disk which was used to draw on paper patterned with metal electrodes to create the sensor.
Technology Research News August 25, 2004	Nanotubes Make Fluid Filter Researchers have devised a simple and inexpensive way to manufacture very fine filters from carbon nanotubes. These filters could be used to separate heavy hydrocarbons from petroleum and bacteria and viruses from water.
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.
Technology Research News December 29, 2004	Sapphire Steps Shape Nanotubes Arrays Researchers have found that it is possible to grow carbon nanotubes along atom-size steps on a sapphire surface.
Chemistry World February 2012	Keeping the tap on James Mitchell Crow investigates routes to quenching our thirst without costing the Earth.
Technology Research News June 4, 2003	Study shows DNA will fill tubes Researchers from the Max Planck Institute in Germany have shown by computer simulation that it is possible to insert DNA into a carbon nanotube.
Chemistry World October 20, 2011 James Mitchell Crow	Nanotubes with a Split Personality Show Solar Promise A team in Japan is the first to form nanotubes which incorporate two electronically distinct semiconducting domains, an advance which could also see applications in devices ranging from solid-state lasers to transistors.
Chemistry World November 29, 2011 Kate McAlpine	Print quality nanotubes control LED switching Researchers in California have developed a way to print transistors made of carbon nanotubes and have used them to turn an organic light emitting diode on and off.
Chemistry World July 10, 2012 Yuandi Li	Flattening nanotubes produces better graphene Graphene (single-layer graphite) has become a worldwide phenomenon and, with its incredible properties, is expected to have a huge impact in various fields. However, one of the biggest obstacles to its widespread industrial use is large scale production.
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.
Chemistry World June 6, 2014 Philip Ball	Chemistry gets strange at water's surface The attraction of opposite charges may get even stronger near the interface, say colleagues at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Chemistry World January 11, 2013 Laura Howes	Nanotube fiber production in a spin No, that light bulb isn't floating in thin air, it's suspended by two 24 m thick fibers spun from carbon nanotubes. An international collaboration led by Matteo Pasquali, at Rice University in the US, has developed a method of manufacturing high-performance CNT fibers using wet spinning.
BusinessWeek March 10, 2011 Caroline Winter	Innovator: Robert McGinnis of Oasys Water The former Navy diver was dismayed by how much energy it takes to desalinate seawater. So he developed a more efficient process.
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.
Chemistry World December 7, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Metal atoms in carbon nanotubes caught on film An international team of researchers has filmed individual metal atoms as they move around and react within the confines of a carbon nanotube.
Chemistry World January 8, 2009 Hayley Birch	Nanotubes promise electronic inks A new chemical process may help overcome one of the main obstacles to using carbon nanotubes in electronics
Chemistry World December 18, 2006 Philip Ball	Ice Crystals Trapped Inside Nanotubes At this time of year there are reminders everywhere of the beautiful structures that water can form when it freezes. But the ice crystals predicted in computer simulations by Xiao Cheng Zeng and colleagues are as striking as any snowflake.
Technology Research News December 15, 2004	DNA Makes Nanotube Transistors Researchers have harnessed the self-assembly abilities of DNA to construct field-effect transistors from carbon nanotubes.
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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.
Chemistry World June 24, 2010 Mike Brown	Movies of molecules in 4D Movies of carbon nanotube bracelets showing their response over time to an external trigger have been recorded enabling greater understanding of not only the 3D structure of the nanotubes, but of how they react and move, say scientists in the US.
Technology Research News October 6, 2004	Nanotube diode reverses itself A minuscule p-n junction diode that could be used as a field-effect transistor or a light-emitting diode is a step forward in the push to make nanoscale electronic components.
Chemistry World June 20, 2010 Jon Cartwright	Carbon nanotubes boost battery power Researchers in the US claim to have created electrodes from carbon nanotubes that can make lithium-ion batteries some ten times more powerful than conventional models.
Chemistry World September 18, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Nanocircuits Made Easy Scientists in Israel have developed a simple way of making complex networks of carbon nanotubes and stamping them onto circuit boards, taking a further step towards building the next generation of smaller, faster microchips.