Application Spotlights — Validated Performance in Peer-Reviewed Research

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

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

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

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

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

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

Organic thermoelectric

31x PF

PEDOT:PSS Thermoelectric Power Factor with COOH and OH SWCNT

Tonga, Wei, Lahti — Int J Energy Res (2020), UMass Amherst

Fracture toughness (K₁c)

+82%

82% Fracture Toughness Gain (NH₂-Functionalized GNPs in Epoxy)

Ahmadi-Moghadam et al., Materials & Design (2014)

Tensile strength (PA66)

+19%

+19% Tensile Strength in PA66 (Flexiphene UMass Lowell Trial)

UMass Lowell engineering trial, May 2024

Fatigue life (cycles)

+87%

+87% Fatigue Life in Glass/Epoxy at 0.1 wt% GNP

Rafiee et al., Composites Part B (2020)

Compressive strength (concrete)

+146%

+146% Compressive Strength in Concrete with Industrial GNPs

Dimov et al., University of Exeter, Adv. Funct. Mater. (2018)

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

More Categories Coming

Spotlights for our MWCNT, SWCNT, graphene oxide, MXene, and fullerene product lines are in production. Subscribe for updates or request a specific application citation. We also maintain a separate, larger reference asset, Materials in Research, which lists every peer-reviewed paper that has cited Cheap Tubes materials across all product lines.