Graphene nanotubes, or single wall carbon nanotubes, are graphene sheets shaped as a tube. Their unique physical properties make them a universal additive that has potential applications across up to 50% of the global materials market.
Despite the similarity in their names, single wall and multi wall carbon nanotubes differ in their properties and in the effects they have on materials, just like graphene (a single layer of carbon atoms) differs from graphite (multiple layers of carbon atoms).
length-to-diameter ratio
thermal stability in vacuum
In nature, nanotubes are formed as a result of incomplete carbon combustion. This is why the ashes of trees after forest fires might contain thousands of tonnes of nanotubes
Scientists have found traces of graphene nanotubes in Damascus steel
as well as in ancient Chinese ink
In 1976, the Japanese scientist Morinobu Endo discovered nanotubes while doing research at the University of Orleans
Decades of research have confirmed that graphene nanotubes can be a universal additive for most materials existing on Earth.
Nevertheless, graphene nanotubes have not been used in industry until recently because of the absence of technology for their mass production and, consequently, their high price.
TUBALL™ is the brand under which the first graphene nanotubes available for mass application in the industry were launched on the world market.
The industrial-scale production of graphene nanotubes has significantly reduced their price and has made their application economically feasible for many industries.
TUBALL™ even at 0.01% can transform other materials in unprecedented ways compared to existing carbon-based materials. But how is this possible?
When distributed in the matrix of a material, graphene nanotubes form a three-dimensional reinforcing and conductive network. This is the mechanism that enables new properties to be achieved.
These are the unique morphology and origin that allow graphene nanotubes to build a 3D network at very low concentrations.
This is why TUBALL™ has a minimal effect on the original color and other key properties of materials, unlike any other conductive and reinforcing additives.
