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Discovery
Soviet scientists Radushkevich and Lukyanovich publish a paper about the discovery of nanotubes -
First Production
Oberlin, Endo and Koyama use chemical vapor deposition to grow "nanometer-scale carbon fibers". -
Fullerenes Discovered
Richard Smalley discovered fullerenes called "buckyballs" by shooting a laser at a graphite sheet. -
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Further Discoveries
Smalley and his team conduct further research, discovering many different variations of fullerenes -
Naturally Occuring Nanotubes
Japanese scientist Sumio Iijima discovers nanotubes in soot discharge -
Discovery of Buckytubes
Iijima and Donald Buthune discovered single-walled nanotubes called "buckytubes". -
Nobel Prize for Smalley
Smalley and his team are awarded the Nobel Prize for their achievements. -
First Transistors Displayed
The first carbon nanotube field-effect transistor is demonstrated at Delft University. -
Oscillations
Multi-walled nanotubes shown to be the fastest-known oscillators -
Graphene Sheet synthesized
A sheet of carbon 5x100 cm large is synthesized--the largest ever up to that point. -
Tissue Scaffolding possibilities
It's discovered that CNTs can be used as tissue repair scaffolding -
IBM makes a CNT circuit
IBM announces that it has made a CNT electrical circuit--the first of its kind -
Creation of a Better Transistor
IBM manufactures a 9 nm transistor that outperforms its silicon counterpart -
First Carbon Nanotube Computer
Researchers produce the first carbon nanotube computer. The image uses a scanning electron microscope to look at an inside section of it. The different colors are used to differentiate the parts.
