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Titania Nanotubes for Hydrogen Sensors?

Posted by Hemos on from the strong-and-stiff dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Everybody is talking about carbon nanotubes these days. But what about titania nanotubes? Penn State researchers think they have a great potential for sensing hydrogen . According to this news release, "titania nanotubes are 1500 times better than the next best material for sensing hydrogen and may be one of the first examples of materials properties changing dramatically when crossing the border between real world sizes and nanoscopic dimensions, according to a Penn State materials scientist." And now, the very good news: titania nanotubes are cheap. So they'll be used in industrial quality control in food plants and as weapons against terrorism. My summary contains some more details."

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  1. YOU FAIL IT, MOTHERFUCKER! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You suck ass!

  2. Everyone's talking about what? by WIAKywbfatw · · Score: -1, Troll

    Everybody is talking about carbon nanotubes these days...

    Excuse me? Carbon nanotubes? Not the war in Iraq, global terrorism, the economy, rising unemployment, etc?

    Seriously, I know this is Slashdot and even questioning someone else's judgement automatically qualifies you as flamebait but, really, if you think that nanotubes, carbon or otherwise, is the biggest thing on people's minds then you really should get out of the lab more often.

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  3. Bullshit by ogfomk · · Score: -1, Troll

    Produce the words, but the facts have to be experienced.

  4. GNAA stance? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  6. Re:Hmm.... by flacco · · Score: -1, Troll
    You sick, sick person. What did your daughter ever do to you? The stick the poor girl is going to take in school. I blame the parents.

    I can hear it already:

    "Hey, Tight-anus, I heard good things about you!"

    "I heard she has TWO Tight-ania!"

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