Older newspapers may be used in the production of carbon nanotubes

Houston, Pret. Cheap and large-scale carbon nanotubes can be produced through old newspapers. This has been revealed in a recent study. Researchers have reported that old newspapers can be used as a material to make carbon nanotubes. It is a low cost and eco-friendly method of manufacturing small molecules. The study also includes Varun Shenoy Ganguly of Indian origin.

Varun Shenoy Ganguly of Rice University in the US said that carbon nanotubes are an incredible physical property that is used in a large number of commercial products.

These include conductive films, flexible electronics, energy-producing fabrics and 5G network antennae in touchscreen displays. The study is published in the Journal of Carbon Research.

It has been found that the long page of the newspaper provides the ideal condition for chemically manufacturing carbon nanotubes.

However, the researchers say that not all newspapers are equally good. Those are the only newspapers that are of ceramic or kaolin, giving the results of the size and growth of carbon nanotubes.

Ganguly said that many things such as powders, calcium cabernet, and titanium dioxide oxide can work in the shape of paper, which helps to replenish their level of absorption and decay.

Professor Andrew Baron of Rice University said that with this new research we have found a continuous flow system which surprisingly reduces costs.