PerpetualYnquisitive Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Scientists hope that "playing" a tiny guitar string, the smallest ever created, will help unravel some of the secrets of the molecular world. The string, developed at Cornell University, US, is only 10 atoms across, a million times smaller than a normal guitar string. It is made from a carbon nanotube, formed from a sheet of carbon one atom thick and rolled into a cylinder. Full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3677410.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 I thought maybe you were referring to this I did a bit of work at the Cornell NNF lab. Pretty neat stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerpetualYnquisitive Posted September 24, 2004 Author Share Posted September 24, 2004 What would you use to pluck those strings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firedragon52 Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 What would you use to pluck those strings?...nano-picks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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