Process for purifying single-wall carbon nanotubes 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.creatorHauge, Robert H.en_US
dc.creatorChiang, Wan-Tingen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-04T19:05:34Zen_US
dc.date.available2015-05-04T19:05:34Zen_US
dc.date.filed2002-02-08en_US
dc.date.issued2004-06-22en_US
dc.description.abstractThe present invention relates to a process for the purification of single-wall carbon nanotubes and the purified single-wall carbon nanotube material. Known methods of single-wall carbon nanotube production result in a single-wall carbon nanotube product that contains single-wall carbon nanotubes in addition to impurities including residual metal catalyst particles and amounts of small amorphous carbon sheets that surround the catalyst particles and appear on the sides of the single-wall carbon nanotubes and “ropes” of single-wall carbon nanotubes. The purification process removes the extraneous carbon as well as metal-containing residual catalyst particles. The process employs steps including a gas-phase oxidation of the amorphous carbon and subsequent liquid-phase reaction of a halogen-containing acid with the metal-containing species. Optionally, the single-wall carbon nanotube material may be annealed dry or in the presence of moisture. The present invention provides a scalable means for producing high-purity single-wall carbon nanotube material.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., Hauge, Robert H. and Chiang, Wan-Ting, "Process for purifying single-wall carbon nanotubes and compositions thereof." Patent US6752977B2. issued 2004-06-22. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1911/79867.en_US
dc.identifier.patentIDUS6752977B2en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/79867en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.titleProcess for purifying single-wall carbon nanotubes and compositions thereofen_US
dc.typeUtility patenten_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
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