Researchers from the University of Tokyo have successfully synthesized some of the world’s smallest semiconducting nanotubes, measuring just 1 nanometer in diameter (almost 100,000 times thinner than a human hair).
The team synthesized highly uniform, 1-nanometer-wide semiconducting nanotubes by growing molybdenum disulfide inside protective boron nitride tubes.
Ultimately, this coaxial, defect-free architecture provides a reliable new pathway for manufacturing next-generation, highly miniaturized electronic devices.
“Our paper demonstrates a way for structural control of inorganic semiconducting nanotubes at the atomic scale,” said Associate Professor Yusuke Nakanishi from the Department of Advanced Materials Science at the University of Tokyo.
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