One of our methods for room temperature deposition of carbon nanotubes

This is one of the methods we typically use fo. As many of you may know, carbon nanotubes are tubules of graphite which may have diameters less than 1 nanometer. So they are 100,000 times smaller than your hair. Ideally they should look like something like this, where every circle represents a carbon atom and every stick is a chemical bond:

Althougth it is well know that carbon nanotubes synthesize at high temperatures (typically: several hundred degree C) it is quite possible to deposit them at room temperature on virtually any tipe of substrate, making interesting transparent and conduvting networks

While what I show below is only one of many possible methods, I always find it extremely cool!!! Have fun:

Have a look at http://www.worldscinet.com/nano/05/0505/S1793292010002220.html if you are interested in more details

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