Definition of Carbon nanotube

1. Noun. A fullerene molecule having a cylindrical or toroidal shape.

Exact synonyms: Nanotube
Generic synonyms: Fullerene

Definition of Carbon nanotube

1. Noun. Any nanostructure, a member of the fullerene family, having graphene layers wrapped into perfect cylinders. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carbon Nanotube

carbon markets
carbon microphone
carbon microphones
carbon monoxide
carbon monoxide-methylene blue oxidoreductase
carbon monoxide dehydrogenase disulfide reductase
carbon monoxide gas
carbon monoxide haemoglobin
carbon monoxide poisoning
carbon nanofiber
carbon nanofibers
carbon nanofibre
carbon nanofibres
carbon nanofoam
carbon nanofoams
carbon nanotube (current term)
carbon neutral
carbon offset
carbon oxide
carbon oxychloride
carbon oxysulfide
carbon oxysulphide
carbon paper
carbon papers
carbon planet
carbon planets
carbon print
carbon printing
carbon prints
carbon process

Literary usage of Carbon nanotube

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Everyday: Views on Ambient Intelligenceby Stefano Marzano by Stefano Marzano (2003)
"2447; SJTans et al., 'Room-temperature transistor based on a single carbon nanotube', Nature. 39 3 (I998). 49 8 A. Bachtold etal.,'Logic circuits with ..."

2. Visualizing Chemistry: The Progress and Promise of Advanced Chemical Imaging by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"Structural biology with carbon nanotube AFM probes. Chem. Biol. ... carbon nanotube scanning probe for profiling of deep-ultraviolet and 193 nm photoresist ..."

3. Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics by R. Dougherty, Edward R Dougherty (2005)
"Our current research uses the relatively inert carbon nanotube ... Furthermore, we would determine the possibility for the electrons in carbon nanotube ..."

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