Many materials scientists predict that the tiny, hollow cylinders of carbon atoms known as carbon nanotubes will eventually lead to a new generation of supersmall transistors. But first, researchers will need to join nanotubes together.
A new welding technique may be the answer. Pulickel M. Ajayan of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y.,
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