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Nanotube switch makes its debut

Researchers in the UK and Korea have used carbon nanotubes to make a nano-scale electromechanical switch for the first time. The relatively simple method used to make the switch could become a standard way for fabricating nano-scale devices in the future (Appl. Phys. Lett. 87 163114). An electromechanical system is a device in which a mechanical element moves in response to an external force.