nanotube

IPA: nænoʊtˈub

(chemistry) Shortening of carbon nanotube; A carbon molecule, in the shape of a tube, having a fullerene structure and a diameter of about 1 or 2 nanometers.
any nanotech tubular structure with a characteristic diameter measured in a few nanometres, such as titanium nanotubes

Examples of "nanotube" in Sentences

Nanotubes glow in infrared light.
The carbon nanotube naming scheme.
More information is at carbon nanotube.
Development continues on a nanotube based version.
One such example is the carbon nanotube nanomotor.
View the received for the carbon nanotube call in.
A nanotube is a nanometer scale tube like structure.
A 'nanotube' is a nanometer scale tube like structure.
This nanotube was grown inside a multi walled carbon nanotube.
Carbon nanotubes can be metallic or semiconducting depending on their structure.