Nine Inch Nanotubes Almost

plasticpixel writes "EE Times is reporting that researchers have demonstrated the world's longest nanotubes at 8 inches. The feat was accomplished by adding hydrogen and sulfer compounds during the process to create these super long and non-tangled tubes. Super long nanotubes have been one of the holy grails in this area of science."

Re:nine inch tube

[zerogravity]

Approaching nine feet..

Size Matters...

[dpilot]

With apologies to National Lampoon... (IIRC)

8 inches!
9 inches!
10 inches!

They're good men, but they still measure in inches.

What I would do...

[psyconaut]

...to have a 9 inch nanotube! ;-)

for those of us in the twentyfirst centuary

[alnapp]

8inch app'x 200mm

9inch app'x 230mm

Re:for those of us in the twentyfirst centuary

[Bearpaw]

for those of us in the twentyfirst centuary

I see spelling has changed, too. The future just ain't what it used to be.

didn't they learn at last..

[dario_moreno]

it's diameter that counts, not size !

Since they are Nine Inchs I wonder

[infonography]

If we would use them as Nails? Nine Inch Nails are very popular.

Question?

[Antity-H]

Does anyone know how much equipement you need to create these carbon nanotubes. I talde with one of my teacher, who was trying to find a new utility to my school's old white room. But couldn't because of budgetary problems. Now if most of the equipement is already there and there is only a few things to add to create nanotubes, that could be a great idea. Maybe we could be among the first to build a carbon nanotube based transistor and then chip and then who knows ..

How fast is superconducting?

[Anonymous Coward]

near-superconducting speeds at room temperature

Damn! That's sounds really fast!

You'd think the EE Times would hire reporters with some tech skills.

posibilitys

[HighTeckRedNeck]

Nine inch nanotubes are nice but I really liked the article about the 100 gig DVD's. Get rid of that streaming tape and such. But back to the nanotubes. Is there any information about the tensile strength of these things? Could you make a very strong and light rope? Space elevator any one? Can they be woven into very thin cloth for use like fiberglass or a concrete amendment?

Coated with phosphors for extremely high resolution displays? High enough to create holographic display systems?

Take one nanometer thick sheet of electrically conductive cloth. Place near hard electrically conductive surface. Impress modulated voltage. Ultrasonic imagining might get a real boost.

Take a mm thick bundle of fibers and connect both ends to actuators. Impress high voltage.

And that's just mundane stuff.

Think of the electro-optical properties of spacing nanotubes fixed distances apart. Linear non-refractive optics. Interesting antenna, pulse shaping properties from microwave to ultraviolet. Might even be able to make ultraviolet lazers with these things.

Re:posibilitys

[Cyno01]

yes, carbon nanotubes are the perfect material for a space elevator i cant find the article, but the first thing i ever read about carbon nanotubes was in popular sciencea few years ago and the first use they mentioned was a space elevator, it went on about how carbon nanotubes had 20 times the (weird unit of mesurement, soemthing doing with length and weight) of the ideal material for a space tether, theres a ton of other uses for nanotubes mentioned in some good articles at [space.com]

Flash

[knight_saber]

Sure hope nobody forgets and takes a picture with a flash.

It's a start...

[Rhinobird]

Ok nine inches is a start, but it's still a long way from orbit.