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The team’s new synthesis protocol allows for the production of tungsten disulfide nanotubes which point in the same direction. The material they make show the key properties of single nanotubes. Tokyo ...

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A carbon nanotube (CNT) is a molecule made of carbon atoms arranged in a cylindrical nanostructure. A carbon nanotube (CNT) is a molecule made of carbon atoms arranged in a cylindrical nanostructure.

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(Nanowerk News) Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have made tungsten disulfide nanotubes which point in the same direction when formed, for the first time. They used a sapphire surface ...