Nanotubes Put in Their Place

by Philip Ball Nature Materials Update, 10 Jul 2005 If carbon nanotubes are ever going to be useful as components of nanoscale electronic circuits or sensors, it will be necessary to be able to position them accurately on a surface such as a silicon chip, with control over the nanotube size and molecular structure. This has so far posed a difficult challenge, but a team of researchers at Columbia University in New York has now found a way to achieve it. Read more