carbon nanofibers

Stop bleeding without adhering—carbon nanofiber coating offers superior bandage material

By Lisa McDonald / January 28, 2020

Materials to stop bleeding should ideally minimize blood loss while not sticking to the wound. Researchers from ETH Zurich and the National University of Singapore discovered coating gauze with a mix of silicone and carbon nanofibers achieves both objectives.

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Creating diamonds at room temperature from carbon nanofibers and nanotubes

By Lisa McDonald / February 5, 2019

North Carolina State University researchers successfully created diamonds at room temperature in 2015 using carbon thin films. Now, they accomplished the same feat using carbon nanofibers and nanotubes.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / August 31, 2016

Reducing expensive metals for fuel cell reactions, new tandem cell is innovating solar, and other materials stories that may be of interest for August 31, 2016.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Jim Destefani / September 16, 2013

Other materials stories that may be of interest.

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The energy race: Increasing energy density in lithium-air batteries

By Eileen De Guire / July 28, 2011

Depiction of the essential functioning of the lithium-air battery. Ions of Li combine with oxygen from the air to form particles of Li oxides, which attach themselves to carbon fibers…

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