Method for growing continuous carbon fiber and compositions thereof

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dc.contributor.assigneeRice Universityen_US
dc.contributor.publisherUnited States Patent and Trademark Officeen_US
dc.creatorColbert, Daniel T.en_US
dc.creatorDai, Hongjieen_US
dc.creatorHafner, Jason H.en_US
dc.creatorRinzler, Andrew G.en_US
dc.creatorSmalley, Richard E.en_US
dc.creatorSmith, Kenneth A.en_US
dc.creatorLiu, Jieen_US
dc.creatorGuo, Tingen_US
dc.creatorNikolaev, Pavelen_US
dc.creatorThess, Andreasen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-04T19:05:34Zen_US
dc.date.available2015-05-04T19:05:34Zen_US
dc.date.filed2001-12-21en_US
dc.date.issued2004-06-29en_US
dc.description.abstractThis invention relates generally to a method for growing carbon fiber from single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) molecular arrays. The carbon fiber which comprises an aggregation of substantially parallel carbon nanotubes may be produced by growth (elongation) of a suitable seed molecular array. The first step is to open the growth end of the SWNTs in the molecular array. Next, a transition metal catalyst is added to the open-ended seed array. In the next step, the SWNT molecular array with catalyst deposited on the open tube ends is subjected to tube growth (extension) conditions. The carbon supply necessary to grow the SWNT molecular array into a continuous fiber is supplied to the SWNT molecular array tip heated to a temperature sufficient to cause growth to any desired length. The continuous carbon fiber can also be grown from more than one separately prepared molecular arrays or templates.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.citationColbert, Daniel T., Dai, Hongjie, Hafner, Jason H., Rinzler, Andrew G., Smalley, Richard E., Smith, Kenneth A., Liu, Jie, Guo, Ting, Nikolaev, Pavel and Thess, Andreas, "Method for growing continuous carbon fiber and compositions thereof." Patent US6756026B2. issued 2004-06-29. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1911/79870.en_US
dc.identifier.patentIDUS6756026B2en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/79870en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.titleMethod for growing continuous carbon fiber and compositions thereofen_US
dc.typeUtility patenten_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.genrepatentsen_US
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