http://metamodern.com/2009/11/15/how-to-make-carbon-nanotubes-at-room-temperature/ The Trajectory of Technology Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:16:21 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://metamodern.com/2009/11/15/how-to-make-carbon-nanotubes-at-room-temperature/comment-page-1/#comment-2379 The Molecular Machine Path to Molecular Manufacturing (1) Foldamers and Brownian Assembly Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:53:17 +0000 http://metamodern.com/?p=5810#comment-2379 [...] Note that graphenes, carbon nanotubes, and related structures are locally 2D, and can be regarded as extreme cases of “highly cross-linked polymeric nanostructures”. The useful electronic and mechanical properties of these materials are legendary, and they also work well as low-friction nanoscale moving parts. With the aid of nanoscale arrays of catalytic particles, materials of this class have been synthesized at room temperature. [...] [...] Note that graphenes, carbon nanotubes, and related structures are locally 2D, and can be regarded as extreme cases of “highly cross-linked polymeric nanostructures”. The useful electronic and mechanical properties of these materials are legendary, and they also work well as low-friction nanoscale moving parts. With the aid of nanoscale arrays of catalytic particles, materials of this class have been synthesized at room temperature. [...]

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