Scientists stretch carbon nanotubes at high temperature

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Image updated: A single-walled carbon nanotube of 75 nanometers can stretch to 84 nanometers before it breaks. Image courtesy of Jianyu Huang.
Image updated: A single-walled carbon nanotube of 75 nanometers can stretch to 84 nanometers before it breaks. Image courtesy of Jianyu Huang.

Physicists at Boston College have for the first time shown that carbon nanotubes can be stretched at high temperature to nearly four times their original length, a finding that could have implications for future semiconductor design as well as in the development of new nanocomposites.


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