March 2002
The Nanotube Computer
The nano future is emerging through the haze of hype: the road to terabit memory and cheap flat-screen displays will be paved with carbon nanotubes.
By David Rotman
In the hype-filled world of nanotechnology, Phaedon Avouris, head of IBM Research's nanoscience and technology group, has a reputation as a meticulous and somewhat skeptical scientist. By his own description, he is one of those researchers whom reporters call to get a "realistic assessment" of the latest nanotech breakthrough. These days, though, the IBM chemist sounds uncharacteristically upbeat.
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