Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes –A Boon to Mankind!
Carbon Nanotubes are tube-shaped material which has a miniscule diameter. These are indeed very small and can be measured on a nanometer scale. A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter. Just imagine how small this nanometer scale would be and it only shows how technology has indeed leaped in bounds.
Carbon Nanotubes were discovered in the year 1991 which was indeed very spectacular. One of the Nanotubes is the Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes. These are made with carbon atoms linked in hexagonal shapes. Here the carbon atom is bonded to three other carbon atoms.
Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes are pliable!
You can bend, twist or flatten carbon Nanotubes with single wall without breaking them. The length of the carbon Nanotubes are long even though they have tiny diameters. These are used in multiple applications as they have unique mechanical and electronic properties.
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