Nanotech revolution on our doorstep

The nanotechnology revolution, which is starting to impact everyday life, is closely associated with graphitic carbon nanostructures, such as nanotubes (discovery reported in 1991), fullerenes (1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry) and graphene (2010 Nobel Prize in Physics). There are indications that the diamond structure of carbon, which has not received sufficient attention, has great promise for nanoelectronics in particular.

The Nanoscale Transport Physics Laboratory in the School of Physics and the DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Strong Materials hosted a workshop on Nanocarbon on 21 and 22 November 2013. Read more...  http://www.wits.ac.za/newsroom/newsitems/201312/22297/news_item_22297.html