{
  "id": 3416125,
  "title": "Reusable stencils create clean carbon nanotube patterns in single-stage process",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/reusable-stencils-create-clean-carbon-nanotube-patterns-in-single",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-26T03:20:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-reusable-stencils-carbon-nanotube-patterns.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Researchers from Skoltech and their colleagues from Harbin Institute of Technology in China and ITMO University in Russia have devised a way to deposit elaborate geometric patterns of carbon nanotubes without wasting material. Such patterns are used in advanced optical devices and mechanical strain sensors for structural integrity monitoring.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}