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by chaxor 1066 days ago
Armchair swcnts are ballistic conductors. It matters quite a lot how that carbon is oriented.
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How well do they conduct? At the moment aluminium is kind of the "sweet spot" between weight, cost, and conductivity.
Ballistic conduction means 'perfect' conduction in a sense. There's no resistance. It's only for armchair swcnts though. Other metallic swcnts are also great conductors, but if you separate out the chiralities (semiconductors, etc) you might as well separate to just armchairs.