How metallic are metal nanotubes? Image TRN 053001

Description: The top scanning tunneling microscope image shows an armchair nanotube, which has rows of hexagonal carbon molecules running along its axis. The bottom image shows a zigzag nanotube, which has rows of carbon molecules winding around its circumference.

Source: Lieber Group, Harvard University

Story: How metallic are metal nanotubes?
TRN May 30, 2001

TRN Categories: Materials Science and Engineering

Form: Still

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