Carbon fibers formed from single-wall carbon nanotubes

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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.accessioned2015-05-04T19:05:33Zen_US
dc.date.available2015-05-04T19:05:33Zen_US
dc.date.filed1999-12-22en_US
dc.date.issued2004-01-27en_US
dc.description.abstractA method for purifying a mixture comprising single-wall carbon nanotubes and amorphous carbon contaminate is disclosed. The method includes the steps of heating the mixture under oxidizing conditions sufficient to remove the amorphous carbon, followed by recovering a product comprising at least about 80% by weight of single-wall carbon nanotubes. A method for producing tubular carbon molecules of about 5 to 500 nm in length is also disclosed. The method includes the steps of cutting single-wall nanotube containing-material to form a mixture of tubular carbon molecules having lengths in the range of 5-500 nm and isolating a fraction of the molecules having substantially equal lengths. The nanotubes may be used, singularly or in multiples, in power transmission cables, in solar cells, in batteries, as antennas, as molecular electronics, as probes and manipulators, and in composites.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, "Carbon fibers formed from single-wall carbon nanotubes." Patent US6683783B1. issued 2004-01-27. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1911/79859.en_US
dc.identifier.patentIDUS6683783B1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/79859en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.titleCarbon fibers formed from single-wall carbon nanotubesen_US
dc.typeUtility patenten_US
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