Patent ID: 6874668

Claim:
A method for forming a telescoped nanotube, comprising: (a) providing a multiwall nanotube comprised of an outer shell, a plurality of concentric inner shells, and an inner core, each of said outer shell, inner shells, and inner core having a first end and a second end in opposition thereto; (b) attaching the first end of the outer shell to a conductive substrate so as to be in electrical communication therewith; (c) removing the second end of the outer shell and of the concentric inner shells, revealing the second end of the inner core; (d) attaching a nanomanipulator to the second end of the inner core, said nanomanipulator effective to partially extract the inner core from the outer shell; and (e) partially extracting the inner core from the outer shell and the concentric inner shells, thereby telescoping one segment of the multiwall nanotube.