World's First Nanoradio


	World's First Nanoradio

wildcat

11-2-2007 4:37 AM

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radio, nanotech, sub cellular, control, breakthrough, carbon nanotube

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11-2-2007 9:45 AM

dewitte

Dang - I'd probably need tweezers just to replace the batteries in those...

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This image, taken by a transmission electron microscope, shows a single carbon nanotube protruding from an electrode. (The waves were added for visual effect and are not part of the original microscope image.)
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Image: Courtesy of Zettl Research Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and UC Berkeley
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The breakthrough nanoradio consists of a single carbon-nanotube molecule that serves simultaneously as all the essential components of a radio -- <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antenna_%28radio%29">antenna</A>, tunable <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band-pass_filter">band-pass filter</A>, <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplifier">amplifier</A> and demodulator.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/11/nanoradio">
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