NANOTUBE

nanotube

Noun

  1. Shortening of carbon nanotube; A carbon molecule, in the shape of a tube, having a fullerene structure and a diameter of about 1 or 2 nanometers.
  2. any nanotech tubular structure with a characteristic diameter measured in a few nanometres, such as titanium nanotubes


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