Method for cutting 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.accessioned2015-05-04T19:05:39Zen_US
dc.date.available2015-05-04T19:05:39Zen_US
dc.date.filed2001-12-28en_US
dc.date.issued2006-03-07en_US
dc.description.abstractThis invention relates generally to cutting single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT). In one embodiment, the present invention provides for preparation of homogeneous populations of short carbon nanotube molecules by cutting and annealing (reclosing) the nanotube pieces followed by fractionation. The cutting and annealing processes may be carried out on a purified nanotube bucky paper, on felts prior to purification of nanotubes or on any material that contains single-wall nanotubes. In one embodiment, oxidative etching with concentrated nitric acid is employed to cut SWNTs into shorter lengths. The annealed nanotubes may be disbursed in an aqueous detergent solution or an organic solvent for the fractionation. Closed tubes can also be derivatized to facilitate fractionation, for example, by adding solubilizing moieties to the end caps.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 cutting nanotubes." Patent US7008604B2. issued 2006-03-07. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1911/79904.en_US
dc.identifier.patentIDUS7008604B2en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/79904en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.titleMethod for cutting nanotubesen_US
dc.typeUtility patenten_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.genrepatentsen_US
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