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Researchers at MIT led by Drs. The MIT team found that a genetically engineered version of the M13 bacteriophage virus can be used to control the arrangement of the nanotubes on a surface, keeping the tubes separate so they can’t short out the circuits, and keeping the tubes apart so they don’t clump. Click to enlarge.
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—Martin Bazant, a professor at MIT and a leader of the study. “. When conventional lithium-ion batteries charge and discharge, the lithium ions flow from the liquid electrolyte into a solid reservoir.
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