Mass Can Be 'Created' Inside Graphene, Say Physicists

icarus · Post by **icarus** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 2:51 am

Unless I am missing something, arn't carbon nanotubes essentially tubes of rolled up graphene?

Yes. a single, single-walled carbon nano tube is essentially a tube of rolled up graphene.

Just to help you cut through the crap.

kurt9 · Post by **kurt9** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 3:49 am

I wonder if this is related to the Casimer effect in some way.

davaguco · Post by **davaguco** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:44 am

Can graphene fix Bremsstrahlung?

Giorgio · Post by **Giorgio** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 9:09 am

davaguco wrote:Can graphene fix Bremsstrahlung?

What is that supposed to mean??

Giorgio · Post by **Giorgio** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 9:38 am

Everyone, take 30 mins of time and get a good read to the paper.

Apart from being an interesting mathematical speculation, I can consider it at maximum to be a special case of E=mc2 transformation.

Their working hypothesis will have to undergo some tough experimental checks. Lukily SWCNT are not that tough to obtain, so experiment could be underway in a matter of weeks if someone will be willing to take the challange.
http://ipn2.epfl.ch/CHBU/NTbasics1.htm

I would not hold my breath for any "exceptional" results thought.