Just when you thought that the MacBook Air was super thin when it first rolled out to the masses all those years ago, the future might bring something slimmer. We’re talking about a new technique developed by Stanford University where single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are printed on paper and treated with polyvinylidene fluoride, where they will then function as supercapacitors to storing energy. Not only do they hold the advantage in terms of size, these nanotubes are also extremely stable, and will lose a minimal amount of potential charge after a whopping 2,500 cycles. Of course, to get a literally paper thin notebook, that would mean other forms of technology like its display will need to be advanced in the right direction as well. If you are interested to know more in further detail, why not check out the Applied Physics Letters page concerning the paper supercapacitor?
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