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    Carbon nanotubes are a type of Fullerene, or molecule made up entirely of carbon atoms. Specifically, they take the shape of linked hexagonal rings of carbon arranged in a flat sheet and connected on the edges to form long, cylindrical tubes. The name come from their size, as the diameter of a nanotube can be measured in single digits of nanometers (approx. 1/50,000th the width of a human hair) while, as of 2008, they have been made as long as several millimeters. Nanotubes are generally categorized into two types: Single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) and multi-walled nanotubes (MWNTs)


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