🌡️ Breakthrough carbon nanotube material sets new thermal insulation record
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-breakthrough-carbon-nanotube-material-thermal.html
#materials #heat #thermal #insulation #carbon #technology #nanotechnology #nanotube
Chinese researchers have developed a new carbon nanotube insulator that can withstand high temperatures up to 2,600°C, outperforming all other materials used for extreme-temperature applications. This breakthrough could be used for heat shields on hypersonic vehicles and spacecraft during re-entry into the atmosphere and in other high-temperature environments.
I still haven’t had much chance to carve this year, or catch up with the #PrinterSolstice prompts, so until I can, here’s a carbon-themed print from my portfolio: Millie Dresselhaus (née Spiewak; November 11, 1930 – February 20, 2017). She was a professor of physics and electrical engineering at MIT, known as the Queen of Carbon Science.
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Happy birthday to Millie Dresselhaus (née Spiewak; November 11, 1930 – February 20, 2017). She was a professor of physics and electrical engineering at MIT, known as the Queen of Carbon Science.
In this linocut I've shown her in front of a carbon nanotube. She was recognized for her work on graphite, graphite intercalation compounds, fullerenes (a form of carbon known as buckyballs, 🧵1/n
#linocut #printmaking #engineering #physics #carbon #nanotube #buckyball #womenInSTEM #histsci #MastoArt
#Carbon #nanotube use in lightweight, high-performance armor materials, for example, in shields 🛡️ around #spacecraft to mitigate damage from flying high-speed #microdebris. "By adding Kevlar nanofibers, we were able to achieve nearly 100% 📈 improvement in energy dissipation performance at certain supersonic impact 💥 velocities" https://news.wisc.edu/new-lightweight-super-material-could-battle-bullets-deflect-space-debris/
The carbon nanotube could be used in lightweight, high-performance armor materials, for example, in bulletproof vests to better protect the wearer or in shields around spacecraft to mitigate damage from flying high-speed microdebris.
Happy birthday to Millie Dresselhaus (née Spiewak; November 11, 1930 – February 20, 2017). She was a professor of physics and electrical engineering at MIT, known as the Queen of Carbon Science.
In this linocut I've shown her in front of a carbon nanotube. She was recognized for her work on graphite, graphite intercalation compounds, … 1/n
#linocut #printmaking #engineering #physics #carbon #nanotube #buckyball #womenInSTEM #histsci #MastoArt
".. vermutet, dass im All sogenannte Fullerene und deren Abkömmlinge entstehen können – grosse Kohlenstoffmoleküle in Fussball-, Schüssel- oder Röhrchenform. Ein internationales Forschungsteam hat .. gezeigt, wie diese Reaktion abläuft... Pressemitteilung des Paul Scherrer Instituts (PSI)."
https://www.raumfahrer.net/psi-so-entstehen-fussballmolekuele-im-weltall/
#Astronomie #Buckyball #Corannulenyl #Fullerene #Fussballmolekül #Nanotube #PSI #Schweiz #Spitzer #Sternenstaub #Synchrotron #TC1 #Vinylacetylen
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