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Scientists Sort Semiconducting Nanotubes by Size

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-ordered dept.

SuperGrads writes "Scientists working at Rice University have developed the world's first method for not only sorting semiconducting carbon nanotubes from their metallic brethren, but also for arranging them by diameter size. This ability is essential for building devices from these tubes and paves the way for high-speed nanoscale electronics."

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  1. So when do I get my lightsaber? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So when do I get my lightsaber?

  2. /. parody of /. by Il128 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I for one welcome our new Rice University overlords. +5 Funny

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  3. Little America by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    American labs seem to be creating the nanotech revolution. Especially government subsidized academic labs. Even the commercial labs like IBM get lots of public subsidy.

    I wonder whether the next generation of devices that uses the tech will see American developers use the "homegrown advantage". I wonder whether American education will lead the way in teaching how to produce software for these new kinds of (massively parallel, nonlinear, paradigm-busting...) devices.

    Will American investment in nanotech return a fair share of the benefit to Americans, or are we giving it away? Do multinational corporations count as "Americans"?

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  4. Rice univercity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I Knew she was a professor, but I newer knew she had a unnivercity of her own.

    BTW. Are nanotubes black^H^H^H^H^H african-american?