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The on-going research on carbon nano beads (CNBs) are focusing on applications ranging fromhigh strength composites, catalyst carriers, lubricants, electronic devices, weather resistant materials, molecularball bearings, drug delivery vehicles (Bio-medical), semiconductors/transistors, high-capacity batteries andHydrogen reservoir for the automotive industry. The commercial applications of CNBs are novel and yetimmature for market. Experimental activity concerning a Research Program on Polymer-carbon nano tubes(CNTs) composite included also a limited number of test specimens prepared with CNBs. These specimenshighlighted an increase in tensile strength visibly over the average results of the Polymer-CNTs compositetested in the same program. This result was considered indicative of a prospective CNBs adoption in newcomposites. Carbon group in Politecnico di Torino initiated an in-house small-scale research aimed to defineand test a cost effective synthesis process of CNBs. The next step is the use of these CNBs in obtainingdifferent kind of concretes and mortars, trying to enhance mechanical properties. The experimental tests onthese materials are going to start during the redaction of the present paper.