Nanotubes Could Change the Future of Computer Technology

Carbon nanotubes are the technology of the future. This technology is still in its infancy due to the fact that the technology is less than ten years old. This technology was discovered by accident, nanotubes are a residue from vaporizing carbon. Simro Iijima noticed that this soot had interesting qualities. Nanotubes are excellent conductors of electricity, heat, and have superior strength. Researchers have been able to make nanotube switches and transistors that are sized at the molecular level. Where this technology could be put to use is in the computer industry, because nanotubes dissipates heat and conduct electricity a hundred times better than copper wires. Utilizing wires the size of atoms allows computers to be miniaturized. Nanotubes should have many uses from holding hydrogen for fuel cell cars to transistors and diodes at the molecular level.