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Buckyballs Polymerized Into Buckywires
KentuckyFC writes "Scientists have found a way to join buckyballs together so that they form buckywires. The wires form when buckyballs are dissolved in an aromatic hydrocarbon called 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene. The solvent links the balls together to make wires shaped like a string of pearls, which then precipitate out. This relatively simple procedure opens the door to industrial-scale manufacture. Buckywires ought to be efficient light harvesters because of their great surface area and the way they can conduct photon-liberated electrons. But perhaps the area of greatest interest is drug delivery. The researchers suggest that buckywires ought to be safer than carbon nanotubes because the production method is entirely metal-free. This contrasts with the production of nanotubes, which are formed in a reaction catalyzed by metallic nanoparticles."
I really like FUBU gear but I recently moved to Oregon and it's almost impossible to find any of it here. Can any fellow Oregonian slashdotters help a brotha out?
Great, a new sex toy.
And my captcha is "connects"
I'd suggest you keep those wires away from your balls. That includes long hair from girlfriends and wives which have a terrible habbit of wrapping around your nuts when you least expect it. It's a very delicate operation to remove it - maybe not quite as hard as polymerising buckyballs but a hell of a lot more important to me personally.
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