Smartphones today are taking up more and more rare elements like Arsenic and Gallium, So no wonder everyone is looking for a better and cheaper element. And they may have just found something.
Carbon nano-tubes, Researchers are looking into building the inside of cellphones out of these Carbon Nanotubes. These nanotubes are rolled up into cylinders, which are used to store energy or conduct electricity.
Depending on how these tubes are rolled they will have properties of both metal and semiconductors which is a key component to all electronic circuits.
So how it works is Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes are used in place of Gallium, The hurtle is to produce enough Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes to be made into a electronic device.
Some say that this Idea won't be around the corner, more like 10 years. However some researchers are looking into speeding up the process. So we will just have to wait and see.
Carbon nano-tubes, Researchers are looking into building the inside of cellphones out of these Carbon Nanotubes. These nanotubes are rolled up into cylinders, which are used to store energy or conduct electricity.
Depending on how these tubes are rolled they will have properties of both metal and semiconductors which is a key component to all electronic circuits.
So how it works is Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes are used in place of Gallium, The hurtle is to produce enough Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes to be made into a electronic device.
Some say that this Idea won't be around the corner, more like 10 years. However some researchers are looking into speeding up the process. So we will just have to wait and see.
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