According to a University of Kentucky news release, researchers have shown that carbon nanotube (CNT) membranes with pores measuring 7 nanometers in diameter "permit a fluid flow nearly 10,000 to 100,000 times faster than conventional fluid flow theory would predict because of the nanotubes' nearly friction-free surface." As the fabrication process of these CNT membranes can easily scale to large areas, this new discovery could allow for "sophisticated chemical separations, trans-dermal drug delivery and selective chemical sensing." Read more for details and pictures about this new nanotechnology and its future medical applications.
Sources: University of Kentucky news release, via EurekAlert!, November 3, 2005; and various web sites
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