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| 20080280751 | Method of preparing carbon nanotube containing electrodes - The present teachings are directed toward a matrix containing nanosized metal components and carbon nanotubes, with the carbon nanotubes being produced in situ by the nanosized metal components upon the contacting of the nanosized metal components with a carbon source under conditions sufficient to produce the carbon nanotubes. Also disclosed are methods of producing the matrix containing the nanosized metal components and carbon nanotubes. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080292532 | Method of Determining Lifetime of a Nanotube-Producing Catalyst - The present teachings are directed toward methods of determining the lifetime of a catalyst for producing carbon nanotubes. The methods include providing different isotopically-labeled reaction components, primarily hydrocarbon sources containing different carbon isotopes, to the catalyst and measuring the Raman spectra of the carbon nanotubes produced with the different hydrocarbon sources. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090255799 | WELDING OF CARBON SINGLE-WALLED NANOTUBES BY MICROWAVE TREATMENT - Methods and processes for preparing interconnected carbon single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) are disclosed. The SWNTs soot, synthesized by any one of the art methods, is heated to less than about 1250° C. in flowing dry air using the electrical field (E) component of microwave energy. The tubes of the SWNTs thus treated. become welded and interconnected. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100175985 | Welding Of Carbon Single-Walled Nanotubes By Microwave Treatment - Methods and processes for preparing interconnected carbon single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) are disclosed. The SWNTs soot, synthesized by any one of the art methods, is heated to less than about 1250° C. in flowing dry air using the electrical field (E) component of microwave energy. The tubes of the SWNTs thus treated become welded and interconnected. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100239489 | 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 catalyst on a support, wherein the catalyst has an average diameter of less than about 2 nm. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100239491 | Method of producing carbon nanotubes - The present teachings are directed to methods of preparing cylindrical carbon structures, specifically single-walled carbon nanotubes, with a desired chirality. The methods include the steps of providing a catalyst component on a substrate and a carbon component, contacting the catalyst component and the carbon component to produce a cylindrical carbon structure. Then, no longer providing the carbon component and determining the chirality of the cylindrical carbon structure. The catalyst component is then cleaned and the process is repeated until the cylindrical carbon structure fulfills a desired characteristic, such as, length. The chirality of the single-walled carbon nanotube grown, after cleaning of the catalyst component, has the same chirality as the initially produced nanotube. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100283090 | MAGNETIC NANOTRANSISTOR - The present invention discloses methods and processes for producing magnetic nanotransistors containing carbon nanotubes. The nanotube is attached to at least one magnetic particle, the nanotube is then placed in between the two fixed magnetic moments, and subjected to an external magnetic field. The current passing through the nanotube can be controlled using the external magnetic field. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100284903 | New Class of Tunable Gas Storage and Sensor Materials - The electronic structure of nanowires, nanotubes and thin films deposited on a substrate is varied by doping with electrons or holes. The electronic structure can then be tuned by varying the support material or by applying a gate voltage. The electronic structure can be controlled to absorb a gas, store a gas, or release a gas, such as hydrogen, oxygen, ammonia, carbon dioxide, and the like. | 11-11-2010 |
