The increasing number of ways in which carbon nanotubes (CNTs) may be used in business and technology has led to an explosion of interest in these tiny tubes. As a result, the Yamada–Ota model is used to investigate the unsteady, non-axisymmetric MHD Homann stagnation point of carbon nanotubes passing over a convective surface with nonlinear radiation. Consisting of single-walled and multi-walled carbon nanotubes that are suspended in water (H2O). The length of the nanomaterial is between [Formula: see text] nanometers, while its radius is between [Formula: see text]. The method of similarity transformation is altered so that it may be used to get the dimensionless system of differential equations from the mathematical model that is envisioned for PDEs. After that, approximate solutions are obtained using MATHEMATICA and the Shooting with RK-IV technique. In this paper, we provide a graphical discussion and a physical interpretation of the results of measures of practical significance as a function of key factors. The results indicated that an increase in the volume fraction led to a corresponding rise in the heat transfer rate. However, it is reduced by the magnetic energy that is supplied to it. Carbon nanoliquids with a single wall have a greater melting point than nanoliquids with multiple walls. Industrial and technological uses of the issue under examination span several fields, including aviation and health. The results of the interface velocity and heat transfer rate at the surface, as well as the solution of each profile, are shown graphically, along with an analysis of the effects of MHD on the flow and heat transfer characteristics of the fluid under the influence of radiation.