C60 and Nanotubes
Presenter: Jonathan Hare
Published: December 2013
Age: 14-19 and upwards
Views: 2065 views
Tags: C60,nano,nanotube,graphite
Type: Lectures
Source/institution: University of Sussex
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Jonathan shows how a sheet of graphite (hexagons) can be modified to make closed cages and tubes. In real life the smallest of these tubes are only 1/100,000,000 meter in diameter – a nanometer (nm) – hence they are called nanotubes. Depending on the way the hexagons are arranged three types of carbon nanotubes are possible: zig-zag, armchair and spiral. Each promises unusual and interesting properties.