Tiny carbon cylinders set record

Materials scientists from Oxford and Nottingham universities performed chemical reactions inside tiny tubes of carbon atoms known as nanotubes.

Essentially, these are sheets of graphite an atom thick that are folded back on themselves to form cylinders.

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