Nanotubes

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Nanotubes

• By Mariela Rodriguez

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Nanotubes

• Definition A flat layer of graphite rolled into
  a tube.

Physicist Alex Zettl, shown here with a model of
a carbon nanotube
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Nanotubes

• Classification
• Configuration
• Armchair
• Zigzag
• Chiral
• Number of layers
• Single-walled nanotubes
• Multi-walled nanotubes

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Nanotubes

• Properties
• Tensile Strength -Functionalization
• Elasticity -Luminescence
• Density -Self- assembly
• Thermal conduction -Chemically inert
• Electrical conduction

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Nanotubes

• Applications

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Nanotubes

• Other Applications
• Electrical field
• Reinforce Composites.
• Fuel Cells

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• References
• http//www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Research-Revie
  w/Magazine/2001/Fall/features/02Nanotubes.html
• http//news.com
• Ratner, Mark. Nanotechnology Agentle
  introduction to the next big idea. Upper Saddle
  River, NJ 07458. Prentice Hall,2005.
• www.nano.gov
• www.nanotech-now.com