Caps (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

Rice University

Caps (2 of 2)

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More than a thousand end caps that make up this Rice University logo represent a fraction of those surveyed by Rice researchers who determined that the energies employed in cap formation do not contribute to the chirality of carbon nanotubes. Chirality refers to the angle of hexagons in nanotubes and dictates their electronic and other desirable properties.

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Evgeni Penev/Rice University

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