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Wednesday, December 17, 2003

"NANOTUBES: snag semiconductor carrier mobility record"
Carbon nanotubes recently set a record for carrier mobility in a semiconductor at room temperature, surpassing the previous record, set in 1955 by indium antimonide (InSb), by about 23 percent. The new record, measured by professor Michael Fuhrer and colleagues at the University of Maryland's Center for Superconductivity Research (College Park), indicates that silicon combined with nanotubes could outpace even the most exotic alternatives available today.
Audio Interview / Text: http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20031217S0020