Hero infographic showing 82 percent fracture toughness K1c gain in epoxy resin reinforced with 0.5 weight percent NH2-functionalized graphene nanoplatelets per Ahmadi-Moghadam 2014

Application Spotlights — Validated Performance in Peer-Reviewed Research

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This page collects peer-reviewed research and independent engineering trials that used Cheap Tubes nanomaterials — carbon nanotubes, graphene nanoplatelets, graphene oxide, MXene, and Flexiphene dispersions — and reported measurable, application-relevant performance gains. Each Spotlight summarizes the research question, materials and methods, key results, application implications, and links the source paper for verification.

We add new Spotlights weekly, working depth-first through each material category before moving to the next. If you are evaluating one of our materials for a specific application and would like to see related citations, contact us and we will point you to the most relevant published work.

Graphene Nanoplatelet Spotlights

94.3% accuracy canine respiration monitoring with MWCNT smart garment
Wearable strain sensor
94.3% accuracy
Smart Garment Tracks Canine Respiration with MWCNT Spongy Sensor
Hong, Park, Lee et al. — ACS Sensors (2026), Purdue University
1894 mAh per gram at 300 cycles with PPBT/SWCNT coating on silicon microparticle anode
Silicon anode (Li-ion)
1,894 mAh/g
PPBT/SWCNT Stress-Relieving Coating on Si Microparticle Anode
Gueon, Ren, Sun et al. (Reichmanis group) — ACS Appl. Energy Mater. (2024), Lehigh + BNL + Stony Brook
71 dB X-band EMI shielding in densified COOH-SWCNT film
EMI shielding (X-band)
71 dB
X-Band EMI Shielding in a 14.3 micron Densified COOH-SWCNT Film
Yang, Ma, Khor, Su et al. (Jassby group) — Carbon (2023), UCLA + UCR + Technion + LBNL
Bench-scale 3-step alcohol plus H2O2 plus separation funnel protocol drops Cheap Tubes MWCNT impurities to less than 0.6 percent, less than 5 percent mass loss
Methodology
< 0.6% impurity
Bench-Scale 3-Step Protocol Purifies Cheap Tubes MWCNT to <0.6% Impurity
Abbas et al. — J. Phys. Conf. Ser. (2020), Babylon University + Al-Mustaqbal University College, Iraq
1.9 S per cm conductivity in MWCNT-reinforced electrospun PAN carbon nanofibers, 2.4 times pure CNF, improved graphitization at 1000 C
Carbon nanofibers
1.9 S/cm CNF/CNT
MWCNT-Reinforced Electrospun PAN Carbon Nanofibers Hit 1.9 S/cm at 1000C Carbonization
Yahya, Najim & Hamza — Iraqi J Sci (2026), Univ Tech-Iraq + Al-Esraa University Baghdad
0.8 weight percent H2 storage at room temperature and 1 bar in MWCNT-LaCeNi-PMMA composite, under 20 minutes uptake
Hydrogen economy
0.8 wt% H2 at RT
MWCNT-Enhanced LaCeNi Polymer Composite Stores H2 at Room Temperature and 1 Bar
Desai, Uddin, Suarez-Alcantara, Rahman & Asmatulu — Mater Renew Sustain Energy (2026), Wichita State + UNAM
13 mV flexible printable thin-film thermoelectric generator with Cheap Tubes industrial MWCNT composite, 10 n-p pair module, body-heat energy harvesting
Flexible electronics
13 mV TEG
13 mV Flexible Printable Thermoelectric Generator with Cheap Tubes MWCNT Composite
Mehmood, Kim, Hirst & Xu — J Mater Sci (2020), Brown + Univ Punjab + US Army CCDC Soldier Center
523 to 1 water-over-ethanol selectivity in MWCNT-PVA pervaporation membrane, 0.87 kg per square meter per hour flux at 23 C, breaks the ethanol-water azeotrope
Industrial separation
523:1 H2O/EtOH
MWCNT-PVA Hybrid Membrane Hits 523:1 Selectivity for Pervaporative Ethanol Dehydration
Gupta, Roy, Rao & Mitra — Membranes (2022), NJIT Chemistry + Environmental Science
Plus 25 percent PCE in TiO2 plus rGO dye-sensitized solar cell photoanode, 2.02 percent vs 1.61 percent control, Cheap Tubes GO powder
Solar / DSSC
+25% PCE
TiO2 + rGO Photoanode Lifts DSSC Efficiency 25% vs TiO2 Alone
Ghann & Uddin — ChemEngineering (2019), Coppin State Center for Nanotechnology + UCF + Cranfield + Oglethorpe + KAU
Sugar to graphite via GO and rGO catalytic templating, 2.5 wt percent loading=
Sustainable carbon mfg
Sugar → Graphite
GO + rGO Catalyze Sugar-to-Graphite Conversion: Biomass Route to Battery-Grade Carbon
Singh & Vander Wal — C – J. Carbon Res. (2022), Penn State EMS Energy Institute
GO-CRISPR-Cas12a biosensor detects Salmonella Typhimurium at 3000 CFU per mL in human serum, in under 1 hour
Biosensor diagnostics
3 × 10³ CFU/mL
GO-CRISPR-Cas12a Sepsis Detection Biosensor in Human Serum
Kasputis, He, Ci, Chen — Anal. Chem. (2024), Juhong Chen lab, Virginia Tech + UC Riverside
1370 F per g in 3D-printed Cheap Tubes rGO MnO2 supercapacitor aerogel scaffold
3D-printed supercap
1,370 F/g
3D-Printed Cheap Tubes rGO Aerogel + MnO2 Supercapacitor Scaffold
Freyman, Xue, Lin et al. — Energy Advances (2026), Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab + UC Santa Cruz
Cheap Tubes GO for CDI water desalination and CapMix salinity-gradient energy harvesting
Water + energy (dual anchor)
17 mg/g + 12 mW/m²
Same Cheap Tubes GO for CDI Desalination AND CapMix Salinity Energy
Pedico, Bocchini, Tresso et al. — Adv. Mater. Technol. (2022) + Adv. Sustain. Sys. (2024), Politecnico di Torino
648 mAh per gram at 1C in rGO ZnS Li-S battery cathode using Cheap Tubes graphene oxide
Li-S battery cathode
648 mAh/g
Cheap Tubes GO Derived rGO/ZnS Cathode for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Colombo, Versaci, Amici et al. — Nanomaterials (2023), Politecnico di Torino DISAT
Ultra-Long SWCNT 100 micron 99.5 percent purity launch
New product launch
100 micron
Ultra-Long, 99.5% Purity SWCNT for Transparent Conductive Films
Spec-matched to Dubnov 2025 (HUJI/Magdassi) + Tai 2016 (KAUST) UL-CNT TCF research
FE-validated MWCNT cement nanocomposite reinforcement at 0.6 to 1.2 volume percent
Smart concrete (infrastructure)
FE-Validated
MWCNT Cement Nanocomposite at 0.6 – 1.2 vol%, Finite-Element Validated
Anastopoulos, Givannaki, Papanikos, Metaxa, Alexopoulos — J. Compos. Sci. (2026), Univ. of the Aegean + BETA CAE + DUTh
31x power factor boost in PEDOT:PSS thermoelectric composite with COOH and OH SWCNT
Organic thermoelectric
31x PF
PEDOT:PSS Thermoelectric Power Factor with COOH and OH SWCNT
Tonga, Wei, Lahti — Int J Energy Res (2020), UMass Amherst
82% Fracture Toughness Gain (NH₂-Functionalized GNPs in Epoxy)
Fracture toughness (K₁c)
+82%
82% Fracture Toughness Gain (NH₂-Functionalized GNPs in Epoxy)
Ahmadi-Moghadam et al., Materials & Design (2014)
+19% Tensile Strength in PA66 (Flexiphene UMass Lowell Trial)
Tensile strength (PA66)
+19%
+19% Tensile Strength in PA66 (Flexiphene UMass Lowell Trial)
UMass Lowell engineering trial, May 2024
+87% Fatigue Life in Glass/Epoxy at 0.1 wt% GNP
Fatigue life (cycles)
+87%
+87% Fatigue Life in Glass/Epoxy at 0.1 wt% GNP
Rafiee et al., Composites Part B (2020)
+146% Compressive Strength in Concrete with Industrial GNPs
Compressive strength (concrete)
+146%
+146% Compressive Strength in Concrete with Industrial GNPs
Dimov et al., University of Exeter, Adv. Funct. Mater. (2018)
16.4 kW/kg Pulse Power in Solid-State GNP Supercapacitor
Pulse power (EDLC)
16.4 kW/kg
16.4 kW/kg Pulse Power in Solid-State GNP Supercapacitor
Singh, Suleman, Kumar, Hashmi — Energy (2015), University of Delhi

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