On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:06:13 +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote: > On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 05:54:34PM -0400, Kragen Javier Sitaker wrote: > > On Thu, 7 Sep 2006 09:57:40 +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote: > > > This also works on nanoscale, but even better. A cumulene > > > extruded through a (fluorine-terminated) carbon nanotube lumen > > > would polymerize into a wide range of polymers (diamond included) > > > under numerical (6DOF, or just 3DOF) control. > > > > Can I forward this to kragen-discuss? Is this theoretical, or has it > > been tried? > > It's theoretical, but cumulenes do polymerize, and just how > is dictated by geometry, which is under very good control (basically, > no degrees of freedom) at a carbon-nanotube (fluorine-terminated, > preferrably) lumen terminus, and a flat (HOPG, or diamond) surface. > > Feel free to forward it, but I doubt it will produce much additional > information.
(sending to list now) Why is it theoretical? What are the obstacles to trying it?
