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Nanotube vs Nanotorus - What's the difference?

nanotube | nanotorus |

As nouns the difference between nanotube and nanotorus

is that nanotube is shortening of carbon nanotube; A carbon molecule, in the shape of a tube, having a fullerene structure and a diameter of about 1 or 2 nanometers while nanotorus is a theoretical nanotube bent into a torus, having some unique physical properties.

nanotube

English

(carbon nanotube)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) Shortening of carbon nanotube; A carbon molecule, in the shape of a tube, having a fullerene structure and a diameter of about 1 or 2 nanometers.
  • any nanotech tubular structure with a characteristic diameter measured in a few nanometres, such as titanium nanotubes

    • Synonyms

    (carbon molecule) * buckytube * carbon nanotube

    See also

    * nanotechnology

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    nanotorus

    English

    Noun

    (nanotori)
  • (physics) A theoretical nanotube bent into a torus, having some unique physical properties.