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EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: NANO COAX CABLES AND THEIR USES
Nano technology is in the news once again. This time as a
way to store energy. Amateur Radio Newsline's Don Wilbanks,
AE5DW, has more:
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With all the research on nano-technology, perhaps we
shouldn't be surprised that one of the latest involves
coaxial cables on a nano-scale.
The main interest in the nano-coaxial cable is as an energy
storage device due to the very high capacitance between the
inner and outer conductor. A study conduced at Rice
University found that the capacitance of the nano-cable is
at least 10 times greater than would be predicted with
classical electrostatics. The capacitance of the new nano-
cable is up to 143 microfarads per centimeter-squared.
Study co-author Jun Lou notes that for energy storage, he
can envision a large scale energy storage device consisting
of millions of tiny nano-cables side by side in large
areas. Lou also says that this cable might also be used as
a transmission line for radio frequency signals at the nano
scale. This could be useful as a fundamental building block
in micro and nano sized electromechanical systems like lab-
on-a-chip devices.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Don Wilbanks, AE5DW.
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It appears as if nano technology has come a long way since
we began reporting on it only a few short years ago. (TV
Technology)
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