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  • noun Plural form of nanotube.

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  • Made with ribbons of carbon 'nanotubes' - tiny hollow tubes of carbon - the material can expand to 220 per cent of its original length or width in milliseconds when electrically charged.

    Blah, Blah! Technology 2009

  • The image, based on an original drawing by Shepard Fairey, is just wider than 500 microns and is made of approximately 150 million tiny carbon nanotubes, which is about the number of Americans who voted on November 4, according to John Hart at University of Michigan.

    Barack Obama in nanotubes | Barack Obama | positively Barack 2008

  • Print Nanotube yarns twist like muscles Yarns made of the tiny straws of carbon called nanotubes have an astounding ability to twist as they contract, scientists have found. reported in Science, is similar to the action of muscles found in elephant trunks and squid tentacles.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • However, the team's research found that some kinds of stretching cause microscopic 'wrinkles' in the coating that disrupt the random arrangement of the nanotubes, which is what makes the coating conduct electricity.

    ACM TechNews 2010

  • A team at an infant company is using tiny carbon structures called nanotubes to store electricity.

    All Today's News - Sightline Daily 2010

  • However, the team's research found that some kinds of stretching cause microscopic 'wrinkles' in the coating that disrupt the random arrangement of the nanotubes, which is what makes the coating conduct electricity.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • However, the team's research found that some kinds of stretching cause microscopic 'wrinkles' in the coating that disrupt the random arrangement of the nanotubes, which is what makes the coating conduct electricity.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • However, the team's research found that some kinds of stretching cause microscopic 'wrinkles' in the coating that disrupt the random arrangement of the nanotubes, which is what makes the coating conduct electricity.

    ACM TechNews 2010

  • However, the team's research found that some kinds of stretching cause microscopic 'wrinkles' in the coating that disrupt the random arrangement of the nanotubes, which is what makes the coating conduct electricity.

    Nano Tech Wire 2010

  • However, the team's research found that some kinds of stretching cause microscopic 'wrinkles' in the coating that disrupt the random arrangement of the nanotubes, which is what makes the coating conduct electricity.

    Energy News - Energy Technology - Energy Business - Energy and the Environment 2010

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