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Superplastic behavior revealed in stronger carbon nanotubes.(EMERGING TECHNOLOGY)

Advanced Materials & Processes, April, 2006

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Carbon nanotubes in devices such as cell phones might have a longer life thanks to a strengthening technique pioneered by researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Boston College, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. By heating a single-walled carbon nanotube to more than 1980[degrees]C (3600[degrees]F), the nanotube became nearly 280% stronger and its diameter shrank by 15 times.

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A typical carbon nanotube can be stretched to 15% longer than its original length before it fails. The discovery has implications in ...

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Manufacturing Industry

Superplastic behavior revealed in stronger carbon nanotubes.(EMERGING TECHNOLOGY)

Advanced Materials & Processes, April, 2006

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