Fujitsu Laboratories New Carbon Nanotube Composite : DigInfo

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Fujitsu Laboratories has made a breakthrough in carbon nanotube research.

The company has combined carbon nanotubes and graphene, both of which are nano-scale carbon structures, to self-form a new nano-scale carbon composite, at the relatively low temperature of 510 degrees Celsius.

Graphene is a honeycomb crystal lattice of carbon atoms.


In experiments using chemical vapor deposition, a technique to synthesize thin films and structures on a substrate by thermally decomposing a feedstock gas in a vacuum chamber, Fujitsu Labs discovered that several to dozens of layers of graphene were formed self-organizingly on the vertically aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes in such a way that they are connected perpendicularly.




It is known that carbon nanotubes are linear, one-dimensional structures, and therefore they nearly lack thermal or electrical conductivity between tubes in the two-dimensional directions perpendicular to the tube axis.


As attention has been paid to heat, how to increase heat radiation is becoming an important issue. The carbon nanotube composite is expected to be a material with high heat radiation capability. Since graphite flows electrons very smoothly, it can also function as a semiconductor.


As an electronics company, Fujitsu Labs aims to use the new structure to improve today's LSI performance by applying it to dealing with LSI heat radiation and using it in transistors.

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[Armysmithaz]

The future

[utubmania2009]

Wouldn't surprise to see petabytes hard drive as small and thin as a credit-card within 30 yr. WOW! entire university library contents in your wallet.

[Films4You]

@utubmania2009 but it would take another 30 years to read it all

[adesva]

@circusboy90210 graphene might help us away from moore's law.

[circusboy90210]

@utubmania2009 or maybe according to moores law (exponential growth) within 6 years

[circusboy90210]

sounds like tin whiskers but only with carbon. please correct me.

[silentwolf3000]

@wakozako321 They'll be using this new structure in microchips as well

[wakozako321]

now that i know what nanotubes are this is pretty cool...i also heard that they will be bilding a space elevator with nanotubes

[SpilledMilkOnMyLap]

Your a smart one :)

[LemonTwennySeven]

i hope i make it far enough into the future to see this shit LIVE. or invent new skateboards bearings with graphene and carbon nanotubes =)