http://inhabitat.com/carbon-nanotubes-could-create-buildings-that-move/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Sun, 19 May 2013 18:10:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://inhabitat.com/carbon-nanotubes-could-create-buildings-that-move/comment-page-1/#comment-342694 artistkali Sat, 18 Jun 2011 23:55:24 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=177912#comment-342694 I was thinking The intitual growth of carbon nano tubes seems like an oxide layer on a metal surface?,copper for example, which would only grow to about 1 mm high, and unfortunately grow only vertically too, making it harder to join sheets horizontally, ideally horizontal tubes 10 feet long for sheets, or ropes, i get the feeling to join sheets, pure oxygen and hyrdogen under pressure would help, as a catalyst, along with copper nano particles, ... But to growth 10 feet lengths would require extending the oxidisation size from 1mm, to 10 feet by using a vacuum tube underneath, (like a old tv tube) I have seen pieces of carbon ash attact to the center of a old tv from 2 feet away, static electricity magnetism may hold the answer to controling carbon nano tube growth... To further this thought, I have a very unusual magnet at home, that magnetises carbon? A Carbon magnet, it was a random discovery, simply a six sided silver plated on brass ash tray with a perforated edge, that was placed on a statically charged plastic surface, and made small pieces of carbon ash, jump in the air into a 3 dimensional fountain shape, the classic apple magnetic field shape, but about 10 inches wide and high, quite a large field?.... I think my point is random static electricity became Ordered into a structured magnetic field shape, by this ashtray, and controlled the exact motion and position of small pieces of carbon. I was thinking The intitual growth of carbon nano tubes seems like an oxide layer on a metal surface?,copper for example, which would only grow to about 1 mm high, and unfortunately grow only vertically too, making it harder to join sheets horizontally, ideally horizontal tubes 10 feet long for sheets, or ropes, i get the feeling to join sheets, pure oxygen and hyrdogen under pressure would help, as a catalyst, along with copper nano particles, … But to growth 10 feet lengths would require extending the oxidisation size from 1mm, to 10 feet by using a vacuum tube underneath, (like a old tv tube) I have seen pieces of carbon ash attact to the center of a old tv from 2 feet away, static electricity magnetism may hold the answer to controling carbon nano tube growth… To further this thought, I have a very unusual magnet at home, that magnetises carbon? A Carbon magnet, it was a random discovery, simply a six sided silver plated on brass ash tray with a perforated edge, that was placed on a statically charged plastic surface, and made small pieces of carbon ash, jump in the air into a 3 dimensional fountain shape, the classic apple magnetic field shape, but about 10 inches wide and high, quite a large field?…. I think my point is random static electricity became Ordered into a structured magnetic field shape, by this ashtray, and controlled the exact motion and position of small pieces of carbon.

]]> http://inhabitat.com/carbon-nanotubes-could-create-buildings-that-move/comment-page-1/#comment-272623 MIT Researchers Find Greener Way to Make Carbon Nanotubes | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:19:01 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=177912#comment-272623 [...] Carbon nanotubes are a cutting-edge component used in the fields of electronics, medicine and industrial design due to their size, strength and electrical properties. However during their production, large amounts of greenhouse gases, including hazardous air pollutants, are released into the atmosphere. On top of that, several hundred tons of chemicals are used in their manufacturing. However in a paper published last week by ACS Nano, researchers reported that they have devised a method that reduces the harmful by-products of carbon nantube production by a factor of 100. [...] [...] Carbon nanotubes are a cutting-edge component used in the fields of electronics, medicine and industrial design due to their size, strength and electrical properties. However during their production, large amounts of greenhouse gases, including hazardous air pollutants, are released into the atmosphere. On top of that, several hundred tons of chemicals are used in their manufacturing. However in a paper published last week by ACS Nano, researchers reported that they have devised a method that reduces the harmful by-products of carbon nantube production by a factor of 100. [...]

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