March/April 2009
Nanotube Electronics
Prototypes bring practical nanotube devices closer
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Stretchy speakers: A transparent, stretchable film of carbon nanotubes made by Shoushan Fan at Tsinghua University in China can act as a loudspeaker even when mounted on a waving flag.
Credit: American Chemical Society |
Circuits made from carbon nanotubes are intrinsically faster than those made from silicon. But while products from tennis rackets to bike frames take advantage of nanotubes' light weight and strength, no commercial devices have yet exploited their remarkable electrical properties.
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