Carbon Nanotubes
May 23 2009, Shivangi Keprate

Nanotechnology, with its vast potential is revolutionizing our world. As the name suggests, it involves working with structures of the size as small as 1 to 100 nanometers. It includes imaging, modeling and maneuvering of matter at this length scale....

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