Real single nanotube radio plays Layla

Transmission electron microscope (TEM) video of the carbon nanotube radio.

At the beginning of each video, the nanotube radio is tuned to a different frequency than that of the transmitted radio signal. Thus, the nanotube does not vibrate, and only static noise can be heard. As the radio is brought into tune with the transmitted signal, the nanotube begins to vibrate, which blurs its image in the video, and at the same time, the music becomes audible.

The song is "Layla" by Derek and the Dominoes.

Courtesy Zettl Research Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California at Berkeley.

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