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  • ️Dresselhaus, Mildred S.
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The extraordinarily high strength and stiffness of single-walled carbon nanotubes promises a myriad of unique applications, but many of these are reliant on the growth of ultralong, continuous nanotubes. A new synthetic procedure takes us a step closer to this goal.

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Figure 1: One of the earliest visions for nanotube applications was the 'space elevator'.

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  1. Department of Physics and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 02139, Massachusetts, USA

    Mildred S. Dresselhaus

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Dresselhaus, M. A step in synthesis. Nature Mater 3, 665–666 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1232

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