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Scientists Develop World’s Longest Electrically Conducting Nanotubes

UC Irvine announced that scientists at The Henry Samueli School of Engineering have synthesized the world’s longest electrically conducting nanotubes…Read More

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Nanotube Transistors Speed Up

Peter Burke and colleagues at UC Irvine showed that their device – which consists of a single-walled carbon nanotube sandwiched between two gold electrodes – operates at extremely fast microwave frequencies…Read More.

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The Fastest Nanotube in the West

Stateside boffins have managed to make a high-speed, carbon nanotube transistor. This is the latest in a string of devices that can be made with nanotubes, and according to the researchers, is the next step towards replacing silicon in a

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High-speed nanotube transistors could lead to better cell phones, faster computers

Peter Burke and his colleagues built an electrical circuit with a carbon nanotube between two gold electrodes…Read More.

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Engineering professor receives Navy ‘Young Investigator’ Grant

Peter J. Burke, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was awarded a highly selective Young Investigator grant by the Office of Naval Research…Read More.

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