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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8163340 | Carbon nanotube film structure and method for making the same A carbon nanotube film structure includes at least one carbon nanotube film or at least two stacked carbon nanotube films. Each carbon nanotube film includes a plurality of ultralong carbon nanotubes parallel to the surface of the carbon nanotube film and parallel t... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8119198 | Three-dimensional carbon fibers and method and apparatus for their production This invention relates to novel three-dimensional (3D) carbon fibers which are original (or primary) carbon fibers (OCF) with secondary carbon filaments (SCF) grown thereon, and, if desired, tertiary carbon filaments (TCF) are grown from the surface of SCF forming a... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8105649 | Fabrication of silicon carbide shell The producing of shells of silicon carbide including CVD and CVI processes: A dense layer of silicon carbide is deposited upon the hollow shells, the shells being agitated during deposition to prevent sticking, bonding, or adhesion of shells to one another. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8080281 | Growth and applications of ultralong carbon nanotubes Ultralong carbon nanotubes can be formed by placing a secondary chamber within a reactor chamber to restrict a flow to provide a laminar flow. Inner shells can be successively extracted from multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) such as by applying a lateral force t... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8067062 | Carbon nano tube electrode formed by directly growing carbon nano tube on surface of carbon paper and supporting platinum-based nano catalyst on carbon nano tube using CVD method and manufacturing method thereof A platinum-based nano catalyst supported carbon nano tube electrode and a manufacturing method thereof, more particularly to a manufacturing method of a carbon nano tube electrode and a carbon nano tube electrode supported with the platinum-based catalyst by growing... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8048485 | Method and apparatus for the production of carbon nanostructures A method and apparatus for the continuous production of carbon nanostructures so as to improve their quality and quantity. Such structures have potential application as hydrogen storage means in new energy sources. The carbon nanostructures (20) are grown in ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8012535 | Method for producing a coated substrate body, substrate body comprising a coating and use of the coated substrate body The invention relates to a method for producing a coated substrate body by chemical vapor deposition at least on one layer made of a carbonitride of a metal of IVa-Vla-groups of the periodic table, wherein a monocyclic hydrocarbon is used in the gas atmosphere durin... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7959972 | Monomolecular carbon-based film for forming lubricious surface on aircraft parts A monomolecular carbon-based film can be placed on an aircraft part, such as the leading edge designed to directly impinge against air during flight, ascent or descent, in order to form a smooth surface having increased lubricity and reduced air friction. The aircra... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7931938 | Diamond-like carbon-coated cell culture substrates This present invention describes a method of coating a polymer surface with diamond-like carbon (DLC) to render it useful as a carrier for cells derived from neural crest origin, preferable neuronal cells that form dendrites. The biopolymer to be coated with the DLC... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7897209 | Apparatus and method for producing aligned carbon-nanotube aggregates An apparatus of the present invention for producing an aligned carbon-nanotube aggregate is an apparatus for producing an aligned carbon-nanotube aggregate by synthesizing the aligned carbon-nanotube aggregate on a base material having a catalyst on a surface thereo... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7887884 | Method for atomic layer deposition of materials using an atmospheric pressure for semiconductor devices A method for atomic layer deposition. The method includes providing a substrate having a surface region and exposing the surface region of the substrate to an atmospheric pressure. The method also maintains at least the substrate at about the atmospheric pressure an... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7879398 | Carbon-nano tube structure, method of manufacturing the same, and field emitter and display device each adopting the same A carbon-nano tube (CNT) structure comprises a substrate and a plurality of CNTs, each CNT comprising a plurality of first CNTs grown perpendicular to the substrate and a plurality of second CNTs grown on sidewalls of the first CNTs. A method of manufacturing CNTs i... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7833580 | Method of forming a carbon nano-material layer using a cyclic deposition technique A method of forming a carbon nano-material layer may involve a cyclic deposition technique. In the method, a chemisorption layer or a chemical vapor deposition layer may be formed on a substrate. Impurities may be removed from the chemisorption layer or the chemical... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7824733 | Wear-resistant coating and process for producing it A process for producing a wear-resistant coating and to a wear-resistant coating on predetermined surfaces (2) of machine or engine parts (1) consisting of a sintered material which are exposed to frictional wear, for fuel feed units in particular, comprising at lea... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7820245 | Method of synthesizing single-wall carbon nanotubes A method for synthesizing single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) generally includes the steps of: providing a substrate having an upper portion comprised of indium tin oxide; forming an aluminum layer on the upper portion of the substrate; forming a catalyst layer on ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7781017 | Method for making carbon nanotube-base device A method for making a carbon nanotube-based device is provided. A substrate having a shadow mask layer to define an unmasked surface area thereon is provided. A sputter source is disposed on the shadow mask layer. The sputter source is configured for supplying a cat... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7758921 | Method of fabricating electrode catalyst layers with directionally oriented carbon support for proton exchange membrane fuel cell A method of making a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) having an anode and a cathode and a proton conductive membrane there between. A bundle of longitudinally aligned carbon nanotubes with a catalytically active transition metal incorporated in the nanotubes forms ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7754283 | Continuous production of carbon nanotubes The invention relates to a nanoparticle growing mat (30), a method of manufacturing the mat, and a method for the continuous production of organized nanotubes using the mat. The mat (30) comprising a substrate including carbon, on which is deposited in... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7744958 | Method for making carbon nanotube-based device A method for making a carbon nanotube-based device is provided. A substrate with a shadow mask layer formed thereon is provided, to define an unmasked surface area on the substrate. The substrate is rotated around an axis. A catalyst layer including at least one cat... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7744957 | Method and apparatus for depositing material A method of depositing organic material is provided. A carrier gas carrying an organic material is ejected from a nozzle at a flow velocity that is at least 10% of the thermal velocity of the carrier gas, such that the organic material is deposited onto a substrate.... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7740909 | Method of rational large volume CVD production The present invention relates to a method to rationally coat cutting tool inserts comprising a substrate and a coating deposited using a CVD and/or MTCVD method. According to the invention the inserts are positioned on a net with a surface roughness, Ra, ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7718226 | Method of forming a layer with controlled grain size and morphology for enhanced wear resistance A method of forming a coated body composed of small columnar crystals coated using the MTCVD process. Wear resistance of the prior-art Ti(C,N) layers can be considerably enhanced by optimising the grain size and microstructure. Considerably better wear resistance in... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7713583 | Method for forming isotope-doped light element nanotube An isotope-doped carbon nanotube (40) includes at least two kinds of carbon nanotube segments, each kind of carbon nanotube segment having a unique carbon isotope. The at least two kinds of carbon nanotube segments are arranged along a longitudinal direction ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7700157 | Method of producing regular arrays of nano-scale objects using nano-structured block-copolymeric materials A method of forming a periodic array of nano-scale objects using a block copolymer, and nano-scale object arrays formed from the method are provided. The method for forming the arrays generally includes the steps of depositing a block copolymer of at least two block... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7682659 | Fabrication of suspended carbon micro and nanoscale structures Methods for the fabrication of suspended carbon structures using a negative photoresist that is exposed to a source of UV light, and a two step pyrolysis process. Ebeam lithography is used to define the suspended structures. The fabrication method described herein p... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7666474 | Plasma-enhanced pulsed deposition of metal carbide films Methods of forming a metal carbide film are provided. In some embodiments, a substrate is exposed to alternating pulses of a transition metal species and plasma-excited argon. The transition metal species is reacted with a carbon species to deposit a metal carbide f... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7658971 | Method of producing carbon nanostructure A method of producing a carbon nanostructure is provided which can increase evenness of a shape and a purity of the carbon nanostructure and can reduce a production cost. In a method of producing a carbon nanostructure, a carbon crystal is grown by vapor phase epita... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7641938 | Method for manufacturing carbon nanotube composite material A method for manufacturing the carbon nanotube composite material includes the steps of: providing a substrate, the substrate having a surface; forming a catalyst film in a special predetermined pattern on the surface of the substrate; forming a carbon nanotube arra... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7638169 | Directing carbon nanotube growth Embodiments of the invention include apparatuses and methods relating to directed carbon nanotube growth using a patterned layer. In some embodiments, the patterned layer includes an inhibitor material that directs the growth of carbon nanotubes. ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7635503 | Composite metal films and carbon nanotube fabrication Embodiments of the present invention provide methods for the fabrication of carbon nanotubes using composite metal films. A composite metal film is fabricated to provide uniform catalytic sites to facilitate the uniform growth of carbon nanotubes. Further embodiment... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7611751 | Vapor deposition of metal carbide films Methods of forming metal carbide thin films are provided. According to preferred embodiments, metal carbide thin films are formed in an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process by alternately and sequentially contacting a substrate in a reaction space with spatially an... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7566478 | Methods of making carbon nanotube films, layers, fabrics, ribbons, elements and articles Methods of Making Carbon Nanotube Films, Layers, Fabrics, Ribbons, Elements and Articles are disclosed. Carbon nanotube growth catalyst is applied on to a surface of a substrate. The substrate is subjected to a chemical vapor deposition of a carbon-containing gas to... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7534470 | Surface and composition enhancements to high aspect ratio C-MEMS C-MEMS architecture having carbon structures with high surface areas due to high aspect ratios and nanoscale surface enhancements, and improved systems and methods for producing such structures are provided. Specifically, high aspect ratio carbon structures are micr... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7476418 | Method for fabricating nanometer-scale structure In a method for fabricating a nanometer-scale structure by arranging nanotubes in a predetermined direction at a predetermined position, the method for fabricating a nanometer-scale structure comprises a first step of planarizing a substrate by etching a predetermin... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7442414 | Methods for producing reinforced carbon nanotubes Methods for producing reinforced carbon nanotubes having a plurality of microparticulate carbide or oxide materials formed substantially on the surface of such reinforced carbon nanotubes composite materials are disclosed. In particular, the present invention provid... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7435363 | Method for manufacturing diamond film A method for manufacturing a diamond film is provided. The material with a low thermal decomposition point is used as a substrate. A buffer layer is formed on the substrate by coating or deposition, and then a diamond film is coated thereon, fitting the shape of the... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431964 | Method of forming a porous metal catalyst on a substrate for nanotube growth A method is provided for forming a porous metal catalyst (44) on a substrate (42) for nanotube (84) growth in an emissive display. The method comprises depositing a metal (44) onto a surface of a substrate (12) at an angle (Θ) to ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431965 | Continuous growth of single-wall carbon nanotubes using chemical vapor deposition The invention relates to a chemical vapor deposition process for the continuous growth of a carbon single-wall nanotube where a carbon-containing gas composition is contacted with a porous membrane and decomposed in the presence of a catalyst to grow single-wall car... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7404980 | Method for producing an addressable field-emission cathode and an associated display structure The inventive method relates to microelectronic and consists in the application of an emission layer to elements of an addressable field-emission electrode with the aid of a gas-phase synthesis method in a hydrogen flow accompanied by a supply of a carbonaceous gas.... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404983 | Method and apparatus for open-air coating by laser-induced chemical vapor deposition The present inventions pertain to a method of applying a solid protective coating to articles, to a system capable of depositing a solid film layer on articles, and to hermetically sealed articles. In particular, films are deposited on fused quartz substrates, optic... | 07/29/2008 |
