Nanotubes from Vodka & Whisky 24
seawasp writes "Synthezising nanotubes from vodka and whisky with simple equipment making it much cheaper and more available to future science projects such as the development of smaller electronic components. Read more about it at
Daily Yomiuri On-Line.
Just a note, I hope for the sake of my life they won't extract nanotubes from beer."
One has to admit.. (Score:2)
Re:One has to admit.. (Score:3, Funny)
wonder how much I'd get for each tube?
New ad. (Score:4, Funny)
Space Elevator
Re:New ad. (Score:4, Funny)
Space Elevator
Built by a joint Russian/Irish shpathe conth- ..., spice conzter- ..., er, group to build high thingth.
if(atoms 200) device != robot (Score:1)
Besides, what about brownian motion?
Re:Nano is a big scam (Score:2)
Finally, you have to realize that nobody is trying to 'propel' nanobots - the idea is that they sweep along in whatever material (be it blood, water, air, whatever) they are suspended in. Even so, the kinetic energy imparted from the oxidation of a single atom of propellant, as you postulate, would not be sufficient to propel a nanobot at even a minute fraction of c. Please work that out for yourself, but check your math this time.
No Comment (Score:3, Funny)
Do you drink your whiskey on emacs or... no...
Is this process GPLed or BSD... no...
Oh my god, I have nothing interesting to say.
Re:No Comment (Score:1)
There sure wasn't....
A few days late (Score:2)
Would it be that this was an April Fools joke? Or has someone seen those chemistry textbooks?
Re:A few days late (Score:1, Informative)
Would it be that this was an April Fools joke? Or has someone seen those chemistry textbooks?
I can believe both claims.
The usual method for growing diamond films uses methane as the carbon source. Alcohol (ethanol) is simple enough that I could see it working in the place of methane.
Ditto for growing buckytubes. Heat up a cloud of alcohol vapour, and the OH group will steal a hydrogen and detach as water, bonding two alcohol molecules. Hydrogen remaining on the carbon chains comes off as methane or hydrogen if sufficiently persuaded. What you end up with is mess containing graphite and a few graphite sheets rolled into fullerene tubes.
Remember, buckyballs and buckytubes can be found in _candle soot_. Producing them's not hard - it's producing them at high yields with very specific characteristics that's the tough part.
Sake? Beer? (Score:1)
extract nanotubes from beer."
Is that sah-kee in your beer, or just rice wine?
If nanotubes are a no-go, how about buckyballs in your beer?
Beer Goggles (Score:4, Funny)
I always wondered what Beer Goggles were made out of.
Shock Horror! (Score:2)
There's a nanotech story on the front page of Slashdot AND HEMOS DIDN'T POST IT!
Is he off sick or something?
;-)
Re:quality? (Score:1)
Vodka & Whisky from Nanotubes (Score:3, Funny)
The beer is safe (Score:1)
It looks like beer is proof against nanotube construction.