Nano Sized Test Tubes Developed - New Technology

Nov 28 2003

Researchers at the University of Nottingham have developed “nano test tubes” with a diameter of around 20 atoms.

The containers were developed by mixing melamine and a derivative of perylene. When put together these chemicals for a honeycomb type structure containing lots of small pockets that could be filled with only a few hundred atoms for use in nanotechnology experiments.

Posted 5th September 2003

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