sentences:  As a result of their close lineage with carbon nanotubes, NanoBuds have a tunable electrical conductivity.Since the electrical properties of the NanoBuds can be individually tuned (provided that single wall nanotubes with distinct regions of different electrical properties are a part of the NanoBud), according to Esko Kauppinen and his team, it is entirely possible that NanoBuds may at some point be used in applications such as memory storage devices and quantum dots.The Kauppinen team argues that the conductivity of the crystalline carbon structure allow for this application.