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Add to the nanokit: Boron nitride nanotubes

News: Nanotechnology    February 18, 2010
There are many possible nanotubes. Some, like carbon nanotubes, are made from common (and therefore inexpensive) material and relatively easy to manufacture and manipulate. Others, such as boron nitride nanotubes, have great potential but are famously difficult to manufacture – which is to say prohibitive for widespread use. The potential is clear: Boron nitride nanotubes [...]
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Lasers make nanoyarn

News: Nanotechnology    December 5, 2009
Add another ‘nano’ contraction to the list: Nanoyarn. In this case, the ‘yarn’ is composed of nanotubes created from boron nitride. (Boron nitride is what makes ‘clown white’ white.) The word yarn is suggestive of possible uses and reasonably accurate. The new nanoyarn, manufactured for the first time by the U.S. Department of Energy Jefferson [...]
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