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Carbon Nanotube Sponge Absorbs 180x Its Own Weight in Toxins

SOURCE: DIGG • 2009-11-11
TOPICS: Carbon Nanotube • Carbon Nanotubes • Carbon • Potential Applications Of Carbon Nanotubes • Environment

[226 diggs @ General Sciences] Scientists from the Peking University and Tsinghua University have created a sponge like no other. It is made of carbon nanotubes - regular carbon atoms arranged in a specific cylindrical shape - and can absorb organic pollutants from the surface ... read more »

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