nanotube
IPA: nænoʊtˈub
noun
- (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
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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.