Nanotube Sheets Come Of Age

Nature.com ^ | 18 August 2005 | Mark Peplow

[FierceDraka]

The transparent nanoribbon just keeps on growing.

A high voltage heats a nanotube sheet until it glows like a light bulb filament.

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Behold the works of free men! This could change the world, folks. The potential applications of this stuff boggle the mind.

Keep an eye on the stocks of any company that invests in this technology.

[FierceDraka]

Since this material might lead to radical advances in aerospace applications, this seems Space Ping-worthy.

[Army Air Corps]

Nanotubes continue to amaze me. This, combined with micro LEDs will lead to some really cool technology.

[endthematrix]

"This could change the world, folks."

It WILL change the world.

[Army Air Corps]

Nanotubes will be on the list of world changing inventions along with the wheel, steam engine, airplanes, nuclear power, etc. It is so cool to be a witness to such an innovation - this IS history, folks.

[endthematrix]

Now for the sake of humanity, I only hope its use will be for good.

[Army Air Corps]

I second that.

[Servant of the 9]

And since bending does not change the electrical properties of the nanotubes they could be used to carry current in a 'rollable TV screen', something that has long been promised by nanotechnologists.

Say hello to the "Predator Suit" adaptive camouflage for men and machines.

So9

[SunkenCiv]

Ping!

[SunkenCiv]

Fullerene Nanotubes: C1,000,000 and Beyond
Metal or Semiconductor?
http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/28780/page/7

"In these tests both metallic and nonmetallic nanotubes have been found, illustrating the profound sensitivity of the electrical properties to the geometry of a specific tube. However, none of the nanotubes showed an increase in resistance with temperature, a classic attribute of a metal, obscured probably by the multiwall structure and the possible presence of defects. The synthesis of single-wall armchair nanotubes provided a way out of this uncertainty. Their resistivity grows with heat, as it does for all the metal pieces in our home appliances and electric bulbs."

[KevinDavis]

[Reaganesque]

Very large screen TVs (an entire wall) that you can basically tape to the wall. Heads up displays that you can stick to the surface of a pair of glasses. The mind boggles.

[Army Air Corps]

Also, imagine video displays as implants in the human eye.

[Arkie2]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1466270/posts

[King Prout]

YES!!!

[King Prout]

you DO want to see this.

first, the applications possibilities are staggering
second, that there is such a thing as a "sweet-spot" allowing for such organization might have biochemical implications

[PatrickHenry]

This really is neat. I wish someone had an engineering ping list. I'll ping a few folks, but this really isn't for what I do with my science ping list.

[Rebelbase]

This should speed up the deployment of Skynet. :-)

[King Prout]

This really is neat. I wish someone had an engineering ping list.

RW might have a circle of engineer-types on-tap.

Yo, Doc? is it not nifty?

[King Prout]

ping

(buckminster) fullerene tubes in flat sheet form.

I wonder if anyone is playing with its armoring potentials yet?