Nanoparticles Digging the World’s Smallest Tunnels

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    Presse, Kommunikation und Marketing (PKM), KIT, kes
  • Date: 23.01.2013

Nanoparticles Digging the World’s Smallest Tunnels

Graphite consists of layered carbon atoms. A metal particle bores into the graphite sample from the edges of these layers. (Photo: KIT)

Researchers from KIT’s Center for Functional Nanostructures and from Rice University, USA, have succeeded in introducing nanometer-sized tunnels into graphite through self-organized processes. Such nanoporous materials are of interest to medicine and battery technology. The results are available online on the platform of Nature Communications DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2399.

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