Titania Nanotubes for Hydrogen Sensors?

Posted by Hemos on Wednesday July 30, 2003 @11:20AM from the strong-and-stiff dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Everybody is talking about carbon nanotubes these days. But what about titania nanotubes? Penn State researchers think they have a great potential for sensing hydrogen . According to this news release, "titania nanotubes are 1500 times better than the next best material for sensing hydrogen and may be one of the first examples of materials properties changing dramatically when crossing the border between real world sizes and nanoscopic dimensions, according to a Penn State materials scientist." And now, the very good news: titania nanotubes are cheap. So they'll be used in industrial quality control in food plants and as weapons against terrorism. My summary contains some more details."

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Twinkle by Dancin_Santa · 2003-07-30 11:23 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Her legs are like nanotubes.
The Upside by serutan · 2003-07-30 16:23 · Score: 0, Offtopic

They are prosecuting people for downloading "Hotel California."
Re:cheap? by nomel · 2003-07-31 09:39 · Score: 0, Offtopic

heheh...comparing the prices of carbon and titanium, seems that carbon is MUCH cheaper.

Heck, I dropped materials containing a considerable amount of carbon in the toilet this morning.