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Home > News > Carbon nanotube building blocks open up possibilities for advanced electronics

July 5th, 2006

Carbon nanotube building blocks open up possibilities for advanced electronics

Abstract:
A new method to systematically modify the structure of single-walled carbon nanotubes could expand their electronic properties and open the path to nano-electronics. This promising method to add defects to carbon nanotube walls was developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, who are interested in improving the materials for thermoelectric power generation, the use of heat differences to generate electricity. Thermoelectric conversion is the principle behind thermocouples, thermal diodes and solid-state refrigerators.

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Argonne National Laboratory

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