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Issue: May 2009, page: 7
Nanotube structures could improve electric motors
Researchers at the US-based Rice University and the University of Oulu, Finland, have discoverd that carbon nanotubes could significantly improve the performance of electrical commutators, which are common in electric motors and generators.