Semi gemstone-like structure

Stuff that exhibit at least in some dimensions diamondoid stiffness but may be quite flexible in others.

• graphene
• nanotubes
• polyyne rods
• thin diamondoid rods that become too long in relation

Bigger pieces need to be managed. Nanotubes could be transported in coil barrels (kinking radius?). (are polyine rod barrels possible?)

Less strongly meshed structures are more susceptible to radiation damage. In data storage devices there has to be made a trade-of.

Microcomponent maintenance microbots could test nanoscale cable barrels e.g. for the cable to be snapped by just scrolling it in all the way and checking for a force when the end-stop is reached.

Maybe merge with: Soft cables and sheets page.

Single-layer materials

• graphene
• graphene like hexagonal boron nitride
• Stannene (topological insulator, potential room temperature superconductor)
• MoS₂
• ...

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• Wikipedia: Single-layer_materials
• Wikipedia: Transition_metal_dichalcogenide_monolayers

Related

• Stiffness
• Diamondoid compound
• Self folding
• Spools and kinking
• Structural elements for nanofactories

Related

There is a metric for proteins for the length-scale they can retain a straight shape when they self-assamble into long rods.
(wiki-TODO: find that metric and link it here)