Technology update
Oct 18, 2007
Nanotubes go transphononic
Researchers in China have discovered a new phenomenon in carbon nanotube-based devices that they have dubbed the transphonon effect. This resembles the transonic effect in aerodynamics. "The effect could be important for device design and may inspire research into nanoscale dynamics and energy-transfer problems," said team member Zhiping Xu of Tsinghua University in Beijing.
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