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ScienceDaily: Consumer Electronics News

ScienceDaily: Consumer Electronics News


Carbyne morphs when stretched: Calculations show carbon-atom chain would go metal to semiconductor

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 09:40 AM PDT

Applying just the right amount of tension to a chain of carbon atoms can turn it from a metallic conductor to an insulator. The research has implications for mechanically activated nanoscale electronics and optics.

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