nanotube
Britishnoun
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A hollow cylindrical or toroidal molecule made of one element, usually carbon. Nanotubes are being investigated as semiconductors and for uses in nanotechnology.
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See also fullerene
Example Sentences
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With such knowledge, Kwon says, there's the possibility of one day dialing up or down nanotube production to protect the brain.
From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2025
Decoding the nanotube data meant loading the data into a machine-learning algorithm, and telling the algorithm which samples came from patients with ovarian cancer, and which from people without it.
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2024
This allows electrons to be removed from the absorbed electron donors through solid-state ET oxidation reactions, resulting in the accumulation of holes in the donors inside the nanotube.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2024
The lab has previously shown that the nanotube forests can be grown and adhered to layers of composite material, and that this fiber-reinforced compound improves the material's overall strength.
From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024
Wrapping the nanotube in a polymer changes its electronic properties from a conductor to a semiconductor.
From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2024
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