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Rice University

GROOVES 2

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Rice University researchers found single-walled carbon nanotubes line up side by side in 2D films due to small grooves in the filter paper upon which the films form during vacuum filtration. Films as large as 1 inch in diameter (top left) form atop paper filters that separate nanotubes from liquid surfactant. Rice researchers showed that grooves in the paper (top right) guide nanotubes (bottom) into highly ordered arrangements.

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Kono Group/Rice University

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