e/Silicon nanotubes

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has gloss	eng: Silicon nanotubes are nanoparticles which create a tube-like structure from silicon atoms. The nanotubes' discovery has many significant implications for electronics development, as silicon is already a vastly important material in the semiconductor industry. Only recently has it been possible to prepare these nanotubes which are similar to carbon nanotubes. Nano-materials are complex, and understanding how the behaviour of silicon materials differs from their carbon-based cousins is still under research.
lexicalization	eng: silicon nanotubes
instance of	(noun) a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors Si, silicon, atomic number 14

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