How do you cut a nanotube? Lots of compression

Saturday, December 18, 2010 - 09:00 in Physics & Chemistry

A pipefitter knows how to make an exact cut on a metal rod. But it's far harder to imagine getting a precise cut on a carbon nanotube, with a diameter 1/50,000th the thickness of a human hair...

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