This refers to the technological concept that very small
Y-shaped tubes (one atom thick and ten atoms long) made completely from carbon can also
be used as miniature electrical switches within a larger technological setting. This
saves a lot of space, weight and manufacturing cost, making it very attractive for
industries and businesses to continue to research this
technology.
The range of possible applications is
stunning. It could be used in nano-surgical machinery that can target the smallest
cancerous tissue, or can clean out a heart artery from the inside without surgery,
because the size of the instrumentation can be much smaller without the machinery
usually needed to activate its power source.
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