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CARBON NANOTUBES
INTRODUCTION
Carbon Nanotubes -- tiny tubes about 10,000 times thinner than a human hair -- consist of rolled up sheets of carbon hexagons.
HISTORY
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Discovered in 1991 by researchers at NEC, they have the potential for use as minuscule wires or in ultrasmall electronic devices.
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To build those devices, scientists must be able to manipulate the Nanotubes in a controlled way.
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DEVELOPMENT
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IBM researchers using an atomic force microscope (AFM), an instrument whose tip can apply accurately measured forces to atoms and molecules, have recently devised a means of changing a nanotube's position, shape and orientation, as well as cutting it.
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3. www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia 4. www.me.sc.edu
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