Posted: Mar 12, 2015 | |
National Nanotechnology Initiative publishes report on carbon nanotube commercialization |
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(Nanowerk News) The National Nanotechnology Initiative today published the proceedings of a technical interchange meeting on “Realizing the Promise of Carbon Nanotubes: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Pathway to Commercialization” (pdf), held at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters on September 15, 2014. This meeting brought together some of the Nation’s leading experts in carbon nanotube materials to identify, discuss, and report on technical barriers to the production of carbon nanotube (CNT)-based bulk and composite materials with properties that more closely match those of individual CNTs and to explore ways to overcome these barriers. | |
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Scanning electron micrscopy image of the cross-section of a CNT yarn. (Image: NASA) | |
A number of common themes and potential future research and development priorities emerged: | |
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The outcomes of this meeting, as detailed in this report, will help inform the future directions of the NNI Nanotechnology Signature Initiative “Sustainable Nanomanufacturing: Creating the Industries of the Future”, which was launched in 2010 to accelerate the development of industrial-scale methods for manufacturing functional nanoscale systems. |
Source: National Nanotechnology Initiative | |
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