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Yarn Spun from Nanotubes
jabberjaw writes "Nature is reporting that Professor Alan H Windle has spun nanotube yarn by twisting nanotubes onto spinning rods as they come out of the furnace from which they are made. Professor Windle's team used ethanol (carbon source) with ferrocene (catalyst) and thiopene (for thread assembly) to create the structure. To create the tubes a mix of the above chemicals is inserted into a furnace in a jet of hydrogen gas. However, do not get your hopes up yet, the press release also indicates that the yarn has a strength comparable to that of most modern textiles but the groups does state that there is room for improvement. Yes, for those of you wondering, there is mention of a space elevator."
Granny can now knit me that virtually invulnerable monitor cozy I've always wanted!
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Last Monday I caught a sweater on something at work. I remember plain as day muttering "Damn wool and its inherent weaknesses! My fashion woes would be eliminated if someone would come up with a way to feed a mixture of ethanol and catalytic ferrocene with a splash of thiopene into a hydrogen gas furnace..."
What's David Boies' phone number?
Trolling is a art,
.. the one that apparently was so tight it nearly choked Jeri Ryan on set. The Nanotubes, cap'n.. they cannae hold!
There were these carbon molecules in a Erlinmeyer flask. They wanted to see the world in a way no other carbon molecules had before. So they held hands and created a buckeyball....
Well, maybe not an interesting yarn for YOU, Carbon based Ugly bag of mostly-water, but the little carbonettes just EAT these stories up!
"Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus."
If you thought politicians were bad, now even NANOTUBES are spinning yarn.
Just think of the fishing line you could have. It could cut your boat in half.
So next time someone snaps my picture., my sweater will explode.
Very amusing...
'Professor Windle and his Nano-Spindle' - I can see the merchandising possibilities stretch for miles..
i'm a knitter, a very low-maintenance knitter. screw wool! i want a nanotube cashmerino blend with eyelashes that glow in the dark that can be washed with all-temperature cheer and dried in the dryer. i'd make more ponchos and wrist warmers and leg warmers than you could stand! nanotube science, take me away!
Mod parent up "+1 Pun Intended"!
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Mmmmm... yams.
the growth in cynicism and rebellion has not been without cause
Grandmothers delight as they learn that they can now make a sweater that is immune to all those mysterious things that keep plaguing all the other sweaters previously given to their grandchildren.
So next time someone snaps my picture., my sweater will explode.
Once again, a new technology's most obvious application is in pornography.
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Windle's team used ethanol (carbon source) with ferrocene (catalyst) and thiopene (for thread assembly)
Whenever I start my experiments with ethanol, they end in the hospital...
An interesting point is that you can see that this should be possible by using Schrodinger's equation directly which isn't usually possible. Thus you could simulate it too.
You mean when his cat plays with the nanoyarn?
"It's cheap and the ethanol feedstock can be made from renewable resources."
-- Alan Windle University of Cambridge
Sindri Traustason.
The Nanotubes, cap'n.. they cannae hold!
And have her busting out of her clothing? You say that like it's a bad thing.