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Rice University scientists discovered that a specially designed Tesla coil causes carbon nanotubes to self-assemble into long wires: Teslaphoresis. Nanotubes can assemble themselves into wires, form a circuit and absorb energy from the Tesla coil to light two LEDs. Credits: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Teslaphoresis of Carbon Nanotubes Lindsey Rae Bornhoeft, Aida C. Castillo, Preston Richard Smalley, Carter Kittrell, Dustin K. James, Bruce E. Brinson, Thomas R. Rybolt, Bruce R. Johnson, Tonya Kay Cherukuri, and Paul Cherukuri ACS Nano, DOI:
