There are electrical arc discharge and the so called "HiPco" varieties of producing these objects. When a small spherical like structured is fused on to their surface, they form a structure called a bud. These structures have recently been proposed as a possible material for space elevators and when unrolled they form the individual sheets of graphite. There are single and multi-walled varieties of these objects, sometimes referred to as buckytubes since they possess the same composition as buckminster fullerenes. For 10 points, name this allotrope of carbon with a cylindrical structure.
There are electrical arc discharge and the so called "HiPco" varieties of producing these objects. When a small spherical like structured is fused on to their surface, they form a structure called a bud. These structures have recently been proposed as a possible material for space elevators and when unrolled they form the individual sheets of graphite. There are single and multi-walled varieties of these objects, sometimes referred to as buckytubes since they possess the same composition as buckminster fullerenes. For 10 points, name this allotrope of carbon with a cylindrical structure.
There are electrical arc discharge and the so called "HiPco" varieties of producing these objects.
carbon {nanotubes}