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Making a Self-Cleaning Anti-Scale Coating for Water Treatment Systems
Animations | 21 Aug 2022 | Contributor(s):: Mariana Quinn, Rice University, NEWT Center
How are Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) used in water treatment? This research focuses on harnessing the electrical properties of Carbon Nanotubes in order to create a coat that prevents scale and biofilm buildup in water treatment systems.
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Optical Property of Single Wall Carbon Nanotube
Animations | 20 Aug 2022 | Contributor(s):: Usha Devathosh, Rice University
What are the optical properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes? Single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are 1D cylindrical nanomaterials that resemble a rolled up graphene sheet and have many interesting properties, including the strong fluorescence emission of semi-conducting SWCNTs in the...
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In-situ Carbon Nanotube Bending Tests
Animations | 02 Jun 2013 | Contributor(s):: Brian Demczyk
This video shows a series of in-situ TEM bending manipulations on carbon nanotubes, demonstrating the remarkable flexibility of these materials.
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In-situ carbon nanotube tensile test
Animations | 07 Oct 2011 | Contributor(s):: Brian Demczyk
This represents the first in-situ tensile test observed in a transmission electron microscope.
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Carbon nanotube bandstructure
Animations | 22 Apr 2010 | Contributor(s):: Saumitra Raj Mehrotra, Gerhard Klimeck
Carbon nanotubes are allotropes of carbon with a cylindrical nanostructure, and can be categorized into single-walled nanotubes (SWNT) and multi-walled nanotubes (MWNT). These cylindrical carbon molecules have novel properties that make them potentially useful in many nanotechnology applications,...
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Crystal Viewer Demonstration: Bravais Lattices
Animations | 12 Jun 2009 | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck, Benjamin P Haley
This video shows the exploration of several crystal structures using the Crystal Viewer tool. Several powerful features of this tool are demonstrated.
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Crystal Viewer Demonstration: Bravais Lattices 2
Animations | 12 Jun 2009 | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck, Benjamin P Haley
This video shows the exploration of several crystal structures using the Crystal Viewer tool. Several powerful features of this tool are demonstrated
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Crystal Viewer Demonstration: Various Crystal Systems
Animations | 12 Jun 2009 | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck, Benjamin P Haley
This video shows the use of the Crystal Viewer Tool to visualize several crystal systems, including Si, GaAs, C60 Buckyball, and a carbon nanotube. Crystal systems are rotated in 3D, zoomed in and out, and the lattice style changes from sticks and balls to lines to spheres.
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3D Molecular Models
Animations | 21 Jun 2007 | Contributor(s):: Nicholas Vargo
This animation was created as part of the Children's Museum Nanotechnology Exhibit to give the viewer an idea of what objects look like at the nano-level. The molecules range from something as small as caffeine to major proteins and viruses.