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The secret of carbon nanotubes

The secret of carbon  nanotubes nanometre-sized molecular materials hold great promise for future generation devices. These materials could serve as building blocks of electronic devices of an amazingly small size or could even form the basis for self-assembling machines. But before all that, it is essential to understand the fundamental electrical and mechanical properties of these structures.

One of the most exciting materials to be discovered in recent years has been carbon nanotubes. These elongated