Carbon nanotubes deliver lightweight de-icing for aircraft
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Engineers at Queen’s University Belfast have developed a new lightweight method for de-icing aircraft using a web of carbon nanotubes.
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Nanostructure strengthens, de-ices, and monitors aircraft wings, wind turbine blades, bridges - JEC
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Potential and prospective implementation of carbon nanotubes on next generation aircraft and space vehicles: A review of current and expected applications in aerospace sciences - ScienceDirect
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Carbon nanotube-based anti-icing coating proves itself in wind tunnel testing
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PDF) Carbon nanotube-reinforced smart composites for sensing of the freezing temperature and deicing by self-heating
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Aircraft wings could be assembled cheaply and easily using nanotubes — Nano Magazine - Latest Nanotechnology News
Laminated Structural Engineering Strategy toward Carbon Nanotube-Based Aerogel Films
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A pinch of graphene could keep airplane wings ice-free
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Carbon nanotubes deliver lightweight de-icing for aircraft
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Potential and prospective implementation of carbon nanotubes on next generation aircraft and space vehicles: A review of current and expected applications in aerospace sciences - ScienceDirect