[dorkbotdc-blabber] Nanotube Radio

[Brian Chamberlain]

This very cool... here are some links to pdf journal articles with the  
nitty gritty details.

http://atmsp.whut.edu.cn/resource/pdf/10744.pdf

http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/jan252008/166.pdf

http://prtl.uhcl.edu/portal/page/portal/SCE/Natural_Sciences/NS_Documents/320_PRL96-215503jensen.pdf

I'm sure there are others but these were the first ones I found  
through google scholar.

cheers!
-Brian


On Jul 13, 2008, at 10:50 AM, Alberto Gaitán wrote:

> This astounding news comes via Josh Duberman:
>
> http://www.physics.berkeley.edu/research/zettl/projects/nanoradio/radio.html
>
> Snip:
>
> Introduction
>
> We have constructed a fully functional, fully integrated radio  
> receiver, orders-of-magnitude smaller than any previous radio, from  
> a single carbon nanotube. The single nanotube serves, at once, as  
> all major components of a radio: antenna, tuner, amplifier, and  
> demodulator. Moreover, the antenna and tuner are implemented in a  
> radically different manner than traditional radios, receiving  
> signals via high frequency mechanical vibrations of the nanotube  
> rather than through traditional electrical means. We have already  
> used the nanotube radio to receive and play music from FM radio  
> transmissions such as Layla by Eric Clapton (Derek and the Dominos)  
> and the Beach Boy's Good Vibrations. The nanotube radio's extremely  
> small size could enable radical new applications such as radio  
> controlled devices small enough to exist in the human bloodstream,  
> or simply smaller, cheaper, and more efficient wireless devices such  
> as cellular phones.
>
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