Carbon Nanotubes

Basics

• Often a BUZZWORD so take news/studies about it with a grain of salt
• Tubes made of molecular carbon arranges
• Most current forms are rather short, but it will lead to massive technological improvements one longer strands can be reliably produced
• High Strength, Low Weight, all sorts of intresting properties

See Also

• Carbon Fiber similar idea, but at a larger scale, done via carbonization of paper/ultafine cloth/string/rope
• Graphene

Useful Links

• The Wikipedia Page on Carbon Nanotubes