[K6BW] Nanotubes anybody?

lite65 lite65 at earthlink.net
Tue Nov 2 20:19:47 EST 2004


sounds good-if true........


Carbon Nanotube: A new form of carbon, configurationally equivalent to
                    two-dimensional graphene sheet rolled into a tube
... offers amazing
                    possibilities to create future nanoelectronics
devices, circuits, and computers.
                    NASA, Ames Research Center

Another way of putting it: Nanotubes are 100 times stronger than steel,
as flexible as
plastic, and look to be one of the greatest conductors the world has
ever known. "In
another ten to 15 years," writes one analyst, "carbon nanotubes will
probably be
incorporated into microprocessors, gradually replacing copper wires. Not
only would this
make computer chips faster and more energy-efficient, they would likely
be cheaper to
produce."



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