The example is the simgle-walled carbon nanotube. With a yield strength of 100 times that of steel and the ability to carry 1000 times the current of an equivalent Cu wire, the atomic perfection of the carbon nanotubes gives unexpected and unusual properties that can be used to build the technology of tomorrow. Clemson has one of the most beautiful campuses in the southeast. We are now settling into our new facilities in Pendleton. The 10,000 sq.
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This work will be presented at the ACS meeting this spring. The above SEM image is of a fluoropolymer - nanotube matrix composite. Results have been submitted for publication. D. Tekleab also recieved his doctorate degree this fall. He will be joining Motorola Research in Texas next Spring.