carbon nanotubes

[‚kär·bən ′nan·ō‚tübz]

(chemistry)

Cylindrical molecules (sealed at both ends with a convex arrangement of atoms) composed of carbon with a diameter of around 1 nanometer and lengths up to a few micrometers. Single-walled nanotubes may be conducting or semiconducting, depending on the diameter and chirality of the tube. Multiwall nanotubes containing coaxial shells of the elemental single-wall nanotubes are also possible.

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