Stretching exercises shed new light on nanotubes

Stretching exercises shed new light on nanotubes from PhysOrg.com

Stretching a carbon nanotube composite like taffy, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Rochester Institute of Technology have made some of the first measurements of how single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) both scatter and absorb polarized light, a key optical and electronic property.

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