...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7939734 | Biochemical sensors using carbon nanotube arrays Method and system for detecting presence of biomolecules in a selected subset, or in each of several selected subsets, in a fluid. Each of an array of two or more carbon nanotubes (“CNTs”) is connected at a first CNT end to one or more electronics devices, each ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7439562 | Process for modifying at least one electrical property of a nanotube or a nanowire and a transistor incorporating it The present invention concerns a method for modyfing at least an electronic property of a carbon nanotube or nanowire comprising exposing said nanotube or nanowire to an acid having the formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3 are chosen in... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7429371 | Reversible oxidation of carbon nanotubes Carbon nanotubes have been reversibly and readily oxidized and reduced with common chemicals in solution, thereby allowing the nanotubes to be used as catalysts for chemical reactions and as stable charge storage devices. ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7416699 | Carbon nanotube devices Nanotubes and nanotube-based devices are implemented in a variety of applications. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, a nanotube is adapted to pass current between two conductive elements. In one implementation, each conductive element incl... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7411019 | Polymer composites containing nanotubes The present invention relates to polymer composite materials containing carbon nanotubes, particularly to those containing singled-walled nanotubes. The invention provides a polymer composite comprising one or more base polymers, one or more functionalized m-phenyle... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7381566 | Method for preparing organic nanotubules of lithocholic acid, nanotubules derived therefrom, and uses thereof A method for preparing organic nanotubules in an aqueous medium including preparing a basic solution with a pH from 10 to 14, adding an organic compound of the formula: wherein R1 is a C17-C20 | 06/03/2008 |
| 7264876 | Polymer-wrapped single wall carbon nanotubes The present invention relates to new compositions of matter and articles of manufacture comprising SWNTs as nanometer scale conducting rods dispersed in an electrically-insulating matrix. These compositions of matter have novel and useful electrical, mechanical, and... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7244499 | Bonded structure including a carbon nanotube A technique of stably bonding a structure including a carbon nanotube with another structure is to be provided. Also, a nano-device that offers excellent performance and high production efficiency is to be provided. A polymer and a carbon nanotube are dispers... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7175762 | Nanocarpets for trapping particulates, bacteria and spores A nanofeature particulate trap comprising a plurality of densely packed nanofeatures, such as nanotubes, and a particulate detector incorporating the nanofeature particulate trap are provided. A method of producing a nanotrap structure alone or integrated with a par... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7151146 | Neodymium-carbon nanotube and method of preparing high 1,4-cis-polybutadiene using the same The present invention relates to a method for preparing neodymium-carbon-nanotube and a process for preparing 1,4-cis-polybutadiene utilizing the same and more particularly, neodymium-carbon-nanotube. Neodymium is introduced by coordination with carboxylic acid, whi... | 12/19/2006 |
| 6670179 | Molecular functionalization of carbon nanotubes and use as substrates for neuronal growth A cell and substrate system and nerve regeneration implant are disclosed including a carbon nanotube and a neuron growing on the carbon nanotube. Both unfunctionalized carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotubes functionalized with a neuronal growth promoting a... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6656712 | Method for immobilizing and/or crystallizing biological macromolecules on carbon nanotubes and uses Method for the attachment and/or crystallization of macromolecules, chemical reagents used in the said method, products obtained as well as applications of the said products in the field of materials and of structural biology, in particular as biosensors ... | 12/02/2003 |