Nanotubes By: Mariela Rodriguez
Nanotubes Definition: A flat layer of graphite rolled into a tube. Physicist Alex Zettl, shown here with a model of a carbon nanotube
NanotubesClassification: –Configuration: –Armchair –Zigzag –Chiral –Number of layers: –Single-walled nanotubes –Multi-walled nanotubes
Nanotubes Properties: –Tensile Strength -Functionalization –Elasticity-Luminescence –Density-Self- assembly –Thermal conduction-Chemically inert –Electrical conduction
NanotubesApplications:
Nanotubes Other Applications: –Electrical field –Reinforce Composites. –Fuel Cells
Nanotubes References: – Review/Magazine/2001/Fall/features/02Nanot ubes.html – –Ratner, Mark. Nanotechnology: Agentle introduction to the next big idea. Upper Saddle River, NJ Prentice Hall,2005. – –