Sandia researcher examines the physics of carbon nanotubes

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Schematic of a carbon nanotube (in blue). Figure quotcquot depicts the nanotube between two electrodes and deformed by a sharp tip. (Courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories)
Schematic of a carbon nanotube (in blue). Figure "c" depicts the nanotube between two electrodes and deformed by a sharp tip. (Courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories)

Carbon nanotubes, described as the reigning celebrity of the advanced materials world, are all the rage. Recently researchers at Rice University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute used them to make the “blackest black” — the darkest known material, reflecting only 0.045 percent of all light shined on it.


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