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Towards next-gen functional materials: ⚛️ Nanotube crystal enables direct observation of electron transfer in solids. ⚛️ Nanotubes, nanomaterials with unique cylindrical nanostructures, offer a variety of ET properties that can be realized through electron and hole (vacant spaces left by electrons) injections into the nanotubes, making them a suitable candidate for studying nanoscale ET. Although carbon-based nanotubes have fascinating ET properties, they are particularly difficult to control in terms of their shape and size due to extreme conditions, such as high temperatures, required for their synthesis. In a recent study, a team of researchers from the Department of Applied Chemistry at Tokyo University of Science, led by Professor Junpei Yuasa and including Dr. Daiji Ogata, Mr. Shota Koide, and Mr. Hiroyuki Kishi, used a novel approach to directly observe solid-state ET. For more info: https://phys.org/news/2024-06-gen-functional-materials-nanotube-crystal.html