'Cloning' could make structurally pure nanotubes for nanoelectronics
Thursday, November 15, 2012 - 23:31
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers have demonstrated a technique for growing virtually pure samples of single-wall carbon nanotubes with identical structures, a process they liken to "cloning" the nanotubes. If it can be suitably scaled up, their approach could solve an important materials problem in nanoelectronics: producing carbon nanotubes of a specific structure to order.