New Microscope Shows Nano-Fibre Formation

Posted by Hemos on Monday February 9, 2004 @03:38AM from the from-the-ground-up dept.

Freshly Exhumed writes "An article, with mpeg and avi movies, in Chemical and Engineering News describes how researchers from Danish high-tech firm Haldor Topsoe and the Danish Technical University have made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of nano-research. With the help of a specially designed microscope, researchers can now directly observe carbon nano-fibre formation. This is a prelude to actually controlling the growth of the fibres, which up until now has been very problematic. The new microscope's impact is expected to have tremendous significance for the development of future electronic components, energy extraction, and environmental technology."

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Re:Step by BigBadBri · 2004-02-09 04:21 · Score: 5, Insightful

No - the real help is that being able to video the fibre formation helps in understanding the reaction dynamics, which is important.
This could lead to improvements in catalyst design, maybe to new methods of production with the sort of yield that will make these nanofibres economically viable.
Well done the Danes, I say.

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