This project has had many goals, but with only a month to complete them, some have fallen to the wayside while unexpected ones ahve taken on more importance. The construction of a nanotube link describes how I built the first one from scratch and how the rest were built unless otherwise noted.
The topic of this month's research was carbon nanotubes. My interest in them originally stemmed from a classmate who was very excited about carbon capture and I did not have any real direction. After a few discussions with him and with the professor I decided to do some looking into about carbon nanotubes. I saw many references to carbon nanotubes or other carbon nanostructures acting as good carbon (as in carbon dioxide) sequestering options, but I didn't really understand the how or why. The second link, Electrostatic Potential, begins to explain how and why carbon dioxide might be attracted and contained within a carbon nanotube.
Finally, for those of you whom have been living under a rock for the last five years, I have linked to external websites detailing problems of excess carbon dioxide and carbon sequestering.