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Carbon nanotube
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are
an allotrope of carbon. They
take the form of cylindrical
carbon molecules and have
novel properties that make
them potentially useful in a
wide variety of applications
in nanotechnology, electron ... > full story
Fullerene
The fullerenes, discovered
in 1985 by researchers at
Rice University, are a
family of carbon allotropes
named after Buckminster
Fuller. They are molecules
composed entirely of carbon,
in the form of a hollow
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Carbon
Carbon is a chemical element
in the periodic table that
has the symbol C and atomic
number 6. Carbon occurs in
all organic life and is the
basis of organic chemistry.
This nonmetal also has the
interesting chemical
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Nanowire
A nanowire is a wire of
dimensions of the order of a
nanometer (10−9
meters). Alternatively,
nanowires can be defined as
structures that have a
lateral size constrained to
tens of nanometers or less
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Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy is the study of spectra, that is, the dependence of physical quantities on frequency. Spectroscopy is often used in physical and analytical chemistry for the identification of ... > more -
Phase (matter)
A phase is a set of states of a macroscopic physical system that have relatively uniform chemical composition and physical properties (i.e. density, crystal structure, index of refraction, and so ... > more -
Quantum dot
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Chemical bond
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