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."

Comments

Oh great..

[hookedup]

So next time someone snaps my picture., my sweater will explode.

Very amusing...

Grandmothers delight

[onyxruby]

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.

As usual, porn will lead the way.

[Chris Burke]

So next time someone snaps my picture., my sweater will explode.

Once again, a new technology's most obvious application is in pornography.