Nanotube 'glow sticks' transform surface science tool kit
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 09:03
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many physical and chemical processes necessary for biology and chemistry occur at the interface of water and solid surfaces. Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory publishing in Nature Nanotechnology have now shown that semiconducting carbon nanotubeslight emitting cylinders of pure carbonhave the potential to detect and track single molecules in water.