Functionalised nanotube. Computer artwork of a carbon nanotube (tube,centre) that has had different functional groups (groups of atoms which are responsible for a molecule's chemical behaviour) grafted on to its surface. Nanotubes are a type of fullerene molecule,a structural form (allotrope) of carbon whose atoms are arranged into interlinking hexagonal and pentagonal rings. Theoretically,a wide range of shapes can be engineered at the molecular level using fullerenes. Such structures could have a wide range of technological and medical uses | |
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Crédit: | Science Photo Library / SCI-COMM STUDIOS |
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