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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182782 | Methods for production of double-walled carbon nanotubes The present invention relates to fullerene carbon nanotubes having a cylindrical wall comprising a double layer of carbon atoms and methods for the production and application of these double-wall carbon nanotubes; and, more particularly, to nanotubes with controlled... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8163263 | Catalyst for the growth of carbon single-walled nanotubes Methods and processes for synthesizing single-wall carbon nanotubes are provided. A carbon precursor gas is contacted with metal catalysts deposited on a support material. The metal catalysts are preferably nanoparticles having diameters less than about 3 nm. The re... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8137653 | System and method for producing carbon nanotubes A method of producing carbon nanotubes, comprising, in a reaction chamber: evaporating at least a partially melted electrode comprising a catalyst by an electrical arc discharge; condensing the evaporated catalyst vapors to form nanoparticles comprising the catalyst... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8128900 | Process for producing single-walled carbon nanotube, single-walled carbon nanotube, and composition containing single-walled carbon nanotube An atmosphere of a carbon source comprising an oxygenic compound is brought into contact with a catalyst with heating to yield single-walled carbon nanotubes. The carbon source comprising an oxygenic compound preferably is an alcohol and/or ether. The catalyst prefe... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8124044 | Carbon nanotubes, a method of preparing the same and an element using the same Carbon nanotubes, a method for preparing the same and an element using the same are provided. The method for preparing carbon nanotubes includes synthesizing carbon nanotubes from carbon source using an arc-discharge method in the presence of catalysts and promoter,... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8101150 | Control of carbon nanotube diameter using CVD or PECVD growth The diameter of carbon nanotubes grown by chemical vapor deposition is controlled independent of the catalyst size by controlling the residence time of reactive gases in the reactor. ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8084011 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing carbon nanotube A carbon nanotube manufacturing method wherein a catalyst is heated in a reaction chamber while the reaction chamber is filled with argon gas containing hydrogen. When a predetermined temperature is reached in the reaction chamber, the reaction chamber is evacuated.... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8075863 | Methods and devices for growth and/or assembly of nanostructures The present invention relates to the synthesis and processing of materials, including nanostructures such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Methods and devices are presented for controlling the growth and/or assembly of nanostructures, in some cases using small channel-ty... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8057777 | Systems and methods for controlling chirality of nanotubes A system is provided that can be utilized to generate nanotubes with substantially similar chirality. The system provides a resonant frequency, keyed to a desired radial breathing mode linked to the desired chirality, that causes a template of catalysts particles or... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057778 | Method and apparatus for forming carbon nanotube array The present disclosure relates to a method for forming a carbon nanotube array. In the method a tubular substrate is provided. The tubular substrate includes an outer sidewall with a catalyst layer located on the outer sidewall. The heating member, and the tubular s... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8048396 | Method for manufacturing single-walled carbon nanotubes The objective of the present invention is to provide a process of producing single-walled carbon nanotubes, capable of producing single-walled carbon nanotubes with high purity. A process of producing single-walled carbon nanotubes according to the present invention... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8048397 | Laser-based method for making field emission cathode A method for making a field emission cathode includes the steps of: (a) providing a substrate having a first substrate surface and a second substrate surface opposite to the first substrate surface; (b) forming a conductive film on the first substrate surface; (c) f... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8029760 | Method of manufacturing carbon nanotube According to a method of manufacturing carbon nanotubes, minute concavities and convexities are formed at a surface of a substrate, a catalyst metal layer having a predetermined film thickness is formed on the surface having the concavities and convexities, the subs... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8012447 | Methods for controlling the quality of metal nanocatalyst for growing high yield carbon nanotubes Methods are provided for the preparation of single-walled carbon nanotubes using chemical vapor deposition processes. In some aspects, single-walled carbon nanotubes having narrow distribution of diameters are formed by contacting a carbon precursor gas with a catal... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8007755 | Carbon fibrous structure A method for forming a carbon fibrous structure having a plurality of granular parts, to which a plurality of carbon fibers are bound, includes heating a mixture of a carbon source and a catalyst at a temperature between 800 ° C. and 1300 ° C. to produce aggregate... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7981396 | Methods for production of carbon nanostructures Methods, processes, and apparatuses for the large scale synthesis of carbon nanostructures are provided. Metal catalysts having small diameter and narrow distribution of particle sizes are prepared and continuously injected as aerosols into a reactor. The metal cata... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7951351 | Method for preparing uniform single walled carbon nanotubes Methods of preparing single walled carbon nanotubes from a metal catalyst having deposited thereon fullerenes are provided. Fullerenes are deposited onto a metal catalyst precursor or metal catalyst. In the presence of a carbon containing gas, the metal catalyst pre... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7901654 | Synthesis of small diameter single-walled carbon nanotubes Methods, processes, and apparatuses for the large scale synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes having small diameters are provided. Metal catalysts having small diameter and narrow distribution of particle sizes are prepared and continuously injected as aerosol... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7887775 | Method and apparatus for synthesizing filamentary structures Method and apparatus for producing filamentary structures. The structures include single-walled nanotubes. The method includes combusting hydrocarbon fuel and oxygen to establish a non-sooting flame and providing an unsupported catalyst to synthesize the filamentary... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7871591 | Methods for growing long carbon single-walled nanotubes Methods and processes for synthesizing single-wall carbon nanotubes are provided. A carbon precursor gas is contacted with metal catalysts deposited on a support material. The metal catalysts are preferably nanoparticles having diameters less than about 3 nm. The re... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7862795 | Method for preparing single walled carbon nanotubes Methods of preparing single walled carbon nanotubes are provided. Carbon containing gas is contacted with a supported metal catalyst under reaction conditions to yield at least 90% single walled carbon nanotubes and at least 1 gram single walled carbon nanotubes/gra... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7846415 | Production method of vapor-grown carbon fiber and apparatus therefor The invention provides a method of producing vapor grown carbon fiber by vapor-phase reaction conducted by supplying carbon source compounds and a catalyst or a catalyst precursor into a heating zone, wherein at least one of the carbon source compound and the cataly... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7838165 | Carbon fiber synthesizing catalyst and method of making thereof The carbon fibers of this invention is characterized in that irreducible inorganic material particles in a mean primary particle size below 500 nm and reducible inorganic material particles in a mean primary particle size below 500 nm were mixed by pulverizing and t... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7824649 | Apparatus and method for synthesizing a single-wall carbon nanotube array This apparatus and method facilitate the synthesis of a single-wall carbon nanotube array. The apparatus includes a reactor, a local heating device, a gaseous carbon supplier, and a reactant gas supplier. The reactor is configured for receiving a catalyst in a react... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7820132 | Hot wire production of single-wall and multi-wall carbon nanotubes Apparatus (210) for producing a multi-wall carbon nanotube (213) may comprise a process chamber (216), a furnace (217) operatively associated with the process chamber (216), and at least one filament (218) positioned within ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7820133 | Laser-based method for growing array of carbon nanotubes A method for growing an array of carbon nanotubes includes the steps of: (a) providing a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; (b) forming a catalyst film on the first surface of the substrate; (c) flowing a mixture of ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7799308 | Ultra-fine fibrous carbon and preparation method thereof The present invention discloses ultra-fine fibrous carbon and preparation of the same. Specifically, the present ultra-fine fibrous carbon is characterized by the graphite-like structure with the sp2 hybrid carbon content of more than 95% per total conten... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7785558 | Method of manufacturing carbon nanostructure The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a carbon nanostructure for growing crystalline carbon by vapor deposition from a crystal growth surface of a catalytic base including a catalytic material, and in particular, to a method of manufacturing a c... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7780940 | Laser-based method for growing array of carbon nanotubes A method for making an array of carbon nanotubes includes the steps of: (a) providing a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; (b) forming a catalyst film on the first surface of the substrate; (c) flowing a mixture of a... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7776307 | Concentric gate nanotube transistor devices Single-walled carbon nanotube transistor devices, and associated methods of making such devices include a porous structure for the single-walled carbon nanotubes. The porous structure may be anodized aluminum oxide or another material. Electrodes for source and drai... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7771698 | Laser-based method for growing an array of carbon nanotubes A method for making/growing an array of carbon nanotubes includes the steps of: (a) providing a substrate; (b) forming a light absorption film made of a light absorption material on the substrate; (c) forming a catalyst film on the light absorption film; (d) introdu... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7771697 | Method for preparing functional nanomaterials utilizing endothermic reaction A method is disclosed whereby a functional nanomaterial such as a monolayer carbon nanotube, a monolayer boron nitride nanotube, a monolayer silicon carbide nanotube, a multilayer carbon nanotube with the number of layers controlled, a multilayer boron nitride nanot... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7763230 | Process and apparatus utilizing mixed ligand organometallic catalysts for in situ growth of high purity, low defect density carbon nanotubes The present invention relates to a simple method for the synthesis of fullerenes using a mixture of liquid metallorganic precursors and liquid organic hydrocarbon solvents wherein the mixture is injected in the form of droplets into a multiple heated zone reactor tu... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7763231 | System and method of synthesizing carbon nanotubes A process for producing carbon nanotubes includes carbon plasma generation with microwave energy, plasma stabilization, and product deposition. Stabilization homogenizes the plasma energy density and concentration, leading to a more efficient reactor. A transition m... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7754183 | Process for preparing carbon nanostructures with tailored properties and products utilizing same The present invention discloses a relatively simple CVD method for forming specifically tailored carbon-based nanostructures. In general, the method is a chemical vapor deposition method in which at least a portion of the precursor materials are provided as a liquid... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7754182 | Carbon nanotube array and method for forming same A method for forming a carbon nanotube array includes the following steps: providing a smooth substrate (11); depositing a metal catalyst layer (21) on a surface of the substrate; heating the treated substrate to a predetermined temperature in flowing ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7736616 | Membrane separation of feed and growth environments in carbon nanostructure growth The invention provides CVD-based methods for growing single-walled or multi-walled carbon nanotubes. In the methods of the invention, the nanotube growth environment is separated from the carbon-containing gas feed environment using a membrane which is substantially... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7731930 | Carbon nanotube assembly and manufacturing method thereof A method for manufacturing a carbon nanotube assembly including the steps of: forming metallic fine particles, having a predetermined particle diameter, on a substrate; heating the metallic fine particles to a predetermined temperature of 300° C. to 400° C. in a r... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7727504 | Fibers comprised of epitaxially grown single-wall carbon nanotubes, and a method for added catalyst and continuous growth at the tip The present invention is directed to fibers of epitaxially grown single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and methods of making same. Such methods generally comprise the steps of: (a) providing a spun SWNT fiber; (b) cutting the fiber substantially perpendicular to the ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7713509 | Method of forming nitrogen-doped single-walled carbon nanotubes A method of forming nitrogen-doped or other Group V-doped single-walled nanotubes including: forming a catalyst metal layer on a substrate; loading a substrate having the catalyst metal layer into a reaction chamber; forming an H2O or other plasma atmosph... | 05/11/2010 |
