IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've created the world's first working radio that converts radio waves wirelessly, using a detector made of carbon nanotubes.
The nano-radio device is thousands of times smaller than the diameter of a human hair.
The researchers -- University of California-Irvine graduate student Chris Rutherglen and Associate Professor Peter Burke -- said the development marks an important step in the evolution of nano-electronics and could lead to the production of the world’s smallest radio.
Although other researchers have developed nano-sized radio wave detectors, the researchers say the current study marks the first time a nano-sized detector has been demonstrated in an actual working radio system.
The research appears in the American Chemical Society journal Nano Letters.
