Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Ionizing atoms with a nanotube

Ionizing atoms with a nanotube
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 03:01:25 -0600

Launched laser-cooled atoms captured by single, suspended, single-walled carbon nanotube

Launched laser-cooled atoms are captured by a single, suspended, single-walled carbon nanotube charged to hundreds of volts. A captured atom spirals toward the nanotube (white path) and reaches the environs of the tube surface, where its valence electron (yellow) tunnels into the tube. The ...

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