Nanoseries 5/5: Carbon nanoforms

Fith and last episode of the nanoseries. Learn about different carbon nanoforms.

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• carbon
• nanotubes
• nanotechnology
• nanoforms
• nano
• form

[dzidzelis]

Hi, I want to thank you for the videos you posted, they are very interesting and entertaining. I want to ask a one question. What do you need to be good at? Physics, Chemistry etc. Which are more important? What do you need to study? Sorry for bad english and can't wait for a reply :)

[nano2hybrids]

@dzidzelis Hi there! In physics and chemistry you will need to know maths so you better like them! :) but also you will write a lot, so better like writing as well :)

In my opinion, you need to be curious but methodic. Also you probably need to be creative.

Physics and Chemistry (and Maths) are important and used in most science degrees: engineering, pharmacy, environmental science,...

[LovelyYTRocks]

I wonder how C-100 looks like?

[nano2hybrids]

@LovelyYTRocks Bigger than a C60 :)

I think C100 is a 'deformed sphere' (see this pdf page 7 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10­.1002/ejtc.26/pdf).

But remember! the more carbon atoms in a fullerene, more possibility of rearrangement! so more possible isomers

C60 looks like sphere, C70 looks more like a rugby ball. In the video the onion is made of a c60 inside a c180 inside a C320. There is a good 'library of fullerenes' in the computational chemistry list (CCL) website.

[fakevishnu]

beautiful explanation. could you tell me what are haeckelites and nanowires? thanx!!

[nano2hybrids]

hi there - haeckelites are theoretical structures like nanocarbons (also made from carbon) but instead of the atoms all arranged in hexagons, they include pentagons and heptagons - people have made models of what these materials would look like if they existed but they haven't been observed in experiments. nanowires - all sorts of things! wires which are a few nanometres in diameter, can be made from many different materials, not just carbon...

[StorsJoshTaylor]

Thank you very much! But I must ask, do the innovations in nano science extend in directions other than Nano tubes currently? Or are they they main focus of scientists at the moment?

[pran93]

and BTW...will you explain only nanotubes or anything else related to your field??..

[pran93]

thanks...u helped me skip a few pages in physics n chemistry...:)

[PanzarMetal]

You mate, put a ear pad from your earphones on your mic to cut down the PPPF sound.

[Digadogup]

keep your eyes out for more. swwweeet i found some :D

[thrasha666]

all hail the red pickle