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Carbon nanotubes

At a stretch

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A material with viscoleastic properties that are stable over a large temperature range has been created from carbon nanotubes.

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  1. Xu, M., Futaba, D. N., Yamada, T., Yumura, M. & Hata, K. Carbon nanotubes with temperature-invariant viscoelasticity from −196° to 1000°C. Science 330, 1364–1368 10.1126/science.1194865 (2010).

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Withers, N. At a stretch. Nature Chem (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.969

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