3D printed single-wall carbon nanotubes (IMAGE)

Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

3D printed single-wall carbon nanotubes

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Researchers in the Lyding Group at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign discovered an efficient, sustainable method for 3D-printing single-walled carbon nanotube films, or thin aggregated sheets of carbon nanotubes that are adaptive enough to outfit an aircraft or contour to the human body.

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Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

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