Tiny bubbles snap carbon nanotubes like twigs
Monday, July 9, 2012 - 14:00
in Physics & Chemistry
A computer model shows that long nanotubes bend and snap like a twig when blasted with ultrasonic energy. The research finds that short and long nanotubes behave differently during sonication. The discovery answers a longstanding question about the origin of competing power laws that were found in experiments on cutting nanotubes by sonication.