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NALT Concept Space
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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. materials science
  3. materials
  4. nanomaterials
  5. nanotubes
  6. carbon nanotubes
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. technology
  3. nanotechnology
  4. nanomaterials
  5. nanotubes
  6. carbon nanotubes

Preferred term

carbon nanotubes

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Single- or multilayer nanotubes composed of cylindrical graphene sheets of bonded carbon atoms, and closed at either end with caps containing pentagonal rings. These nanotubes are single molecules typically measuring a few nanometers in diameter and several microns in length.

    Source: NASA Thesaurus

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • carbon nanoscale tubes
  • carbon nano-sized tubes
  • carbon nano tubes
  • carbon nanotubules

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/137942

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