Fields of Beams: Carbon nanotubes crop up for big-screen TV

Television is going digital. As it does, makers of big, high-resolution TV screens are feverishly exploring technologies to gain a competitive edge.

INNER TUBES. This palm-size prototype of a high-definition television screen uses clusters of carbon nanotubes to emit the electrons that light up the display. Jaskie

Now, an industry-research team in Arizona has demonstrated a prototype screen incorporating the much-ballyhooed nanoscale pipes of carbon known as carbon nanotubes (SN: 1/1/05, p.