Carbon Nanotubes as an Alternative to Copper Wires in Electrical Machines: A Review

Garlic: An Alternative to Antibiotics in Poultry Production, A Review

In last decade, the uncontrolled use of antibiotics as growth promoter for livestock has led to the appearance of antibiotic-resistant pathogens and increased risk of infectious diseases. This situation has triggered intensive research efforts to find safe alternative strategies. Certainly, the plants and vegetables and their derivatives as natural safe substances could be good candidates in th...

Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes: Quantum Carbon Wires

Today’s business environment is causing utilities to examine methods to cut costs and to maximize revenues. Development of a comprehensive program for marketing and utilization* of coal combustion by-products (CCBPs) by a utility can generate additional revenue streams; reduce operating costs at plants; and defer capital costs of developing new waste disposal capacity. These factors can be opti...

Single-walled carbon nanotubes as excitonic optical wires.

Although metallic nanostructures are useful for nanoscale optics, all of their key optical properties are determined by their geometry. This makes it difficult to adjust these properties independently, and can restrict applications. Here we use the absolute intensity of Rayleigh scattering to show that single-walled carbon nanotubes can form ideal optical wires. The spatial distribution of the ...

Multi-Functional Carbon Fibre Composites using Carbon Nanotubes as an Alternative to Polymer Sizing

Carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRP) were introduced to the aerospace, automobile and civil engineering industries for their high strength and low weight. A key feature of CFRP is the polymer sizing - a coating applied to the surface of the carbon fibres to assist handling, improve the interfacial adhesion between fibre and polymer matrix and allow this matrix to wet-out the carbon fibres. I...

Electrical properties of Carbon Nanotubes