Wonder material thecarbonnanotubehas another new app : A team at the University of Michigan has puzzle out out how to surface cotton plant yarn with a polymer and carbon nanotube intermixture to produce conductive mini - cables . Conductive threads per se are n’t fresh , but they more often than not involve metal which limits their utility — this raw cloth is elastic enough to be woven , wo n’t rust , and can carry enough current to light up an LED . Crazily the tube-shaped structure are also suitable for clinical and chemical biosensing , which could show the way for usage infuturemilitary wear . [ TechnologyReview ]
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