While much recent research news about nanotubes has focused on their electronic properties, this report in Applied Physics Letters (3 September 2001), by researchers at the University of Idaho, describes helical nanotubes that act as springs. The nanosprings could serve as positioners, or even as tiny conventional springs, for nanomachines of the future.
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