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Links to broadcast quality audio files and transcripts -- Dr. Meyya Meyyappan, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. interviewed about using carbon nanotubes as 'iuterconnects' in integrated circuits or 'silicon chips.' Issued April 14, 2003.

Question 1. What is a carbon nanotube?

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1. What is a carbon nanotube? (22 SECONDS)

Dr. Meyya Meyyappan: "A carbon nanotube is a new form of carbon. It is a cylindrical form of carbon with a diameter of as small as one nanometer. A nanometer – just to give a comparison – it is about 10,000 times smaller than the width of an average human hair."

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