Stellar Nanotubes

Posted by Carolyn Nichol, PhD on March 1, 2010 at 3:25am

In 2008, carbon nanostructures that looked like long carbon nanotubes wereidentified in three meteorites. This was surprising because on earth, the temperatures and pressures associated with making carbon fullerene structures were/are very energy intensive and involve very toxic and/or expensive catalysts. However, scientists are now looking at ways to mimic interstellar reactions to create carbon fullerine structures. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100224214434.htm
Which is appropriate because the first carbon fullerene structures that were identified by Kroto, Curl and Smalley at Rice University, were bucky balls or soccerball shaped structures of carbon. The discovery of the buckyball came out of investigations of carbon structures in interstellar space.

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Debasis March 1, 2010 at 8:32pm

Thanks for sharing such a great news.. I find it very interesting..
My PhD research topic was on synthesis of CNTs. we tried to make the CNT differently. Anyway, this is very exciting news..