Method for forming an array of single-wall carbon nanotubes in an electric field and compositions thereof

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dc.contributor.assigneeRice Universityen_US
dc.contributor.publisherUnited States Patent and Trademark Officeen_US
dc.creatorSmalley, Richard E.en_US
dc.creatorColbert, Daniel T.en_US
dc.creatorDai, Hongjieen_US
dc.creatorLiu, Jieen_US
dc.creatorRinzler, Andrew G.en_US
dc.creatorHafner, Jason H.en_US
dc.creatorSmith, Kenneth A.en_US
dc.creatorGuo, Tingen_US
dc.creatorNikolaev, Pavelen_US
dc.creatorThess, Andreasen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-04T19:05:42Zen_US
dc.date.available2015-05-04T19:05:42Zen_US
dc.date.filed2003-08-07en_US
dc.date.issued2006-08-08en_US
dc.description.abstractThis invention relates generally to a forming an array of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT) in an electric field and compositions thereof. In one embodiment, a purified bucky paper of single-wall carbon nanotubes is used as the starting material. Upon oxidative treatment of the bucky paper surface, many tube and/or rope ends protrude up from the surface of the paper. Disposing the resulting bucky paper in an electric field results in the protruding tubes and or ropes of single-wall carbon nanotubes aligning in a direction substantially perpendicular to the paper surface. These tubes tend to coalesce to form a molecular array. In another embodiment, a molecular array of SWNTs can be made by “combing” the purified bucky paper starting material with a sharp microscopic tip to align the nanotubes.en_US
dc.digitization.specificationsThis patent information was downloaded from the US Patent and Trademark website (http://www.uspto.gov/) as image-PDFs. The PDFs were OCRed for access purposes.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationSmalley, Richard E., Colbert, Daniel T., Dai, Hongjie, Liu, Jie, Rinzler, Andrew G., Hafner, Jason H., Smith, Kenneth A., Guo, Ting, Nikolaev, Pavel and Thess, Andreas, "Method for forming an array of single-wall carbon nanotubes in an electric field and compositions thereof." Patent US7087207B2. issued 2006-08-08. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1911/79918.en_US
dc.identifier.patentIDUS7087207B2en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/79918en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.titleMethod for forming an array of single-wall carbon nanotubes in an electric field and compositions thereofen_US
dc.typeUtility patenten_US
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dc.type.genrepatentsen_US
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