A fresh discovery about the way water behaves inside carbon nanotubes could have implications in fields ranging from the function of ultra-tiny high-tech devices to scientists’ understanding of biological processes, according to researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The findings, published in the Oct. 3, 2008, issue of the journal Science, relate to a property of so-called 'nano-confined' water – specifically, whether hollow carbon nanotubes take in the liquid easily. (source: uncnews.unc.edu)
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