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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.
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.
IEEE Spectrum December 2007 Joshua J. Romero	Carbon Nanotubes Take the Heat Off Chips Purdue scientists find flexible filaments best.
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.
Industrial Physicist Avouris & Appenzeller	Electronics and Optoelectronics with Carbon Nanotubes Evaluating the potential of carbon nanotubes as the basis of a future nanoelectronics technology.
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.
Technology Research News May 19, 2004	Nanotube Makes Metal Transistor Researchers from the University of Illinois have found a way to produce a field effect in a metallic single-wall carbon nanotube that conducts electricity 40 times more efficiently than copper. The metal transistor could be used in practical applications in five to ten years.
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.
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 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.
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 May 18, 2005 Eric Smalley	Nanotube Memory Scheme is Magnetic Researchers have designed a type of nanotube flash memory that has a potential capacity of 40 gigabits per square centimeter and 1,000 terabits per cubic centimeter.
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 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.
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.
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.
IEEE Spectrum January 2008 Sarah Adee	Winner: The Ultimate Dielectric Is...Nothing IBM packs wires in vacuum to speed chips and save power.
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.
IEEE Spectrum November 2010 Sinitskii & Tour	Graphene Electronics, Unzipped By unrolling tiny carbon tubes, you can produce superthin sheets with truly extraordinary electronic properties
Technology Research News July 14, 2004	Laser tweezer traps nanotubes The researchers have showed that it is possible to pattern clusters of nanotubes into configurations that are likely to have near-term applications as chemical, biological and physical sensors.
Technology Research News September 8, 2004	Nanotube Transistor Has Power Aiming to make electrical componets faster, researchers are working to make components from carbon nanotubes, which are rolled-up sheets of carbon atoms that can be smaller than a nanometer in diameter.
IEEE Spectrum December 2011 Strano & Kalantar-Zadeh	Nanodynamite Fuel-coated nanotubes could provide bursts of power to the smallest systems
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.
Chemistry World July 24, 2008 Simon Hadlington	Nanotube mesh boosts plastic electronics Circuits on light, flexible surfaces could provide a range of products from paper-thin displays to intelligent food packaging and smart clothing.
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 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 September 29, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Super-thin nanowires made inside nanotubes Japanese researchers have made ultra-thin metal wires by growing them inside carbon nanotubes.
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.
Technology Research News November 3, 2004	Coated Nanotubes Record Light Researchers have combined minuscule carbon nanotube transistors and photosensitive polymer to make a fast optoelectronic memory device that promises to speed digital photography and provide high-density data storage.
BusinessWeek April 18, 2005 Adam Aston	The Coming Chip Revolution Facing the limits of silicon, scientists are turning to carbon nanotubes. But even with a reliable supply of tubes, scaling up production to supply a vast global industry will take years.
Technology Research News November 19, 2003	Nanotubes fortify plastic film Researchers have developed an inexpensive process for making a nanotube-polymer composite that allows for close control of the density and position of the nanotubes.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2009 Keith Gurnett & Tom Adams	Up next: through-silicon vias The excitement over TSVs has been caused by the enhancement in process speed that can be gained by shortening distances.
Technology Research News May 5, 2004	Nano Test Tubes Fabricated Researchers have found a way to make minuscule test tubes from carbon and silica nanotubes.
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 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 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
IEEE Spectrum August 2011 Rachel Courtland	Alternative Memories Get the Carbon Nanotube Test RRAM and phase-change memory - two alternatives to flash - have been constructed using carbon nanotube electrodes.
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.
Technology Research News January 28, 2004	Nanotubes tied to silicon circuit Connecting minuscule nanotube transistors to traditional silicon transistors enables the atomic-scale electronics to communicate with existing electronic equipment.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2006 Gurnett & Adams	Copper-post technology shows promise for cooling in military applications The change from solder bumps to copper posts has far-reaching implications for advanced electronics in military and aerospace applications.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006 John McHale	Purdue Researchers Look at Nanotechnology to Reduce Computer-Chip Heating University researchers are looking to mitigate electronic systems heating problems through the use of carbon nanotubes. They have created carpets of microscopic nanotubes to enhance the performance of heat sinks to help keep future chips from overheating.
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 August 25, 2004 Eric Smalley	Tools Design DNA-Nanotube Logic Researchers are aiming to make the process of assembling molecular-scale components easier with a suite of computer-aided design tools for designing computer circuits made from carbon nanotubes assembled by DNA.
Technology Research News June 18, 2003	Nanotube transistors make memory Researchers from the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology in Korea and the Chonbuk National University in Korea have laid the groundwork for making nonvolatile computer memory out of carbon nanotubes.
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 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.
Technology Research News May 19, 2004	Nanotube Sparks Could Cool Chips Researchers from Purdue University and have found a way to use carbon nanotubes to ionize air and generate minuscule air currents that can be used to cool computer chips.
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.
Chemistry World September 23, 2008 Hayley Birch	Nanotubes All Shook up Simply shaking up a solution of carbon nanotubes can alter the tubes' electronic properties.
Technology Research News July 16, 2003	Nano toolbox gains carbon cones Researchers have come up with a useful twist on carbon nanotubes. Their nano pipettes grow thicker at one end to form microscopic cones that have central channels.