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Nature 458, 845-846 (16 April 2009) | doi:10.1038/458845a; Published online 15 April 2009
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Materials science: Nanotubes unzipped
Mauricio Terrones1
Abstract
Nanotubes are single sheets of graphite rolled up into a cylinder. But no one thought that nanotubes could be cut along their axis and flattened out to make such sheets. Until now.
The discovery of buckyballs and carbon nanotubes in the 1980s and early 1990s1, 2, 3 launched the field of carbon nanoscience, and spawned intensive research into the synthesis and applications of these structures. For a long time, it seemed as if the landscape of the carbon nanoworld contained only round objects — spheres and tubes.
- Mauricio Terrones is in the Laboratory for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research, and the Advanced Materials Department, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, San Luis Potosí 78216, Mexico.
Email: mterrones@ipicyt.edu.mx
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