2.Du fullerene to the nanotube there is only one step!

2.Du fullerene to the nanotube there is only one step!

2.1 Discoveries

Synthesis of fullerenes by electron microscopy, the byproduct was as a deposit black and stringy.
Through his observations he discovered that the structures identified as being tubular closed ends and made of crystallized carbon, the nanotubes were born!
Nanotubes can be considered a grapheme sheet (One of the "Floor of the structure of graphite) rolled up on itself and sealed at both ends by a half-molecule of C60. The diameter of these nanotubes is one of a few nanometers and length up to 100mm.

Carbon Nanotube

To give you an idea about the size of a nanotube can be said of him that is 100,000 times smaller than a human hair ... if you asked her finger on a nanotube would have the same effect as if a elephant walking on your little toe ...

There is though to switch to a fullerene nanotube is "sufficient" to add a line to France.