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carbon nanotubes

  • plural
    of carbon nanotube.
    carbon nanotube
    noun
    a tubular structure having a diameter on the nanometer scale, consisting of one or more sheets of graphene rolled into a cylinder; a cylindrical carbon molecule.

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Non-covalent nanotubes are formed through the inherent attractive interactions or non-covalent interactions between atoms, instead of the strong covalent interactions seen in carbon nanotubes.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2024

In her tests, Furtado used the group's techniques of chemical vapor deposition to grow densely packed forests of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024

The researchers' transistors had a subthreshold swing of 140 mV/dec, which is better than subthreshold swings reported for other single-molecule transistors, and comparable to larger devices made from materials such as carbon nanotubes.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2024

The coalescence of buckminsterfullerene molecules to create nested carbon nanotubes helped to improve the precision of the experiments.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2024

"These vibrations had a profound impact on the architecture of the assembled carbon nanotubes, prompting us to explore and refine this newfound phenomenon further," he said.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2023

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