Macroscopic ordered assembly of 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.creatorSmith, Kenneth A.en_US
dc.creatorWalters, Deron A.en_US
dc.creatorCasavant, Michael J.en_US
dc.creatorHuffman, Chaden_US
dc.creatorYakobson, Boris I.en_US
dc.creatorHauge, Robert H.en_US
dc.creatorSaini, Rajesh Kumaren_US
dc.creatorChiang, Wan-Tingen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-04T19:05:35Zen_US
dc.date.available2015-05-04T19:05:35Zen_US
dc.date.filed2001-07-24en_US
dc.date.issued2004-09-14en_US
dc.description.abstractThe present invention is directed to the creation of macroscopic materials and objects comprising aligned nanotube segments. The invention entails aligning single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) segments that are suspended in a fluid medium and then removing the aligned segments from suspension in a way that macroscopic, ordered assemblies of SWNT are formed. The invention is further directed to controlling the natural proclivity of nanotube segments to self assemble into ordered structures by modifying the environment of the nanotubes and the history of that environment prior to and during the process. The materials and objects are “macroscopic” in that they are large enough to be seen without the aid of a microscope or of the dimensions of such objects. These macroscopic, ordered SWNT materials and objects have the remarkable physical, electrical, and chemical properties that SWNT exhibit on the microscopic scale because they are comprised nanotubes, each of which is aligned in the same direction and in contact with its nearest neighbors. An ordered assembly of closest SWNT also serves as a template for growth of more and larger ordered assemblies. An ordered assembly further serves as a foundation for post processing treatments that modify the assembly internally to specifically enhance selected material properties such as shear strength, tensile strength, compressive strength, toughness, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity.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., Smith, Kenneth A., Walters, Deron A., Casavant, Michael J., Huffman, Chad, Yakobson, Boris I., Hauge, Robert H., Saini, Rajesh Kumar and Chiang, Wan-Ting, "Macroscopic ordered assembly of carbon nanotubes." Patent US6790425B1. issued 2004-09-14. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1911/79876.en_US
dc.identifier.patentIDUS6790425B1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/79876en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.titleMacroscopic ordered assembly of carbon nanotubesen_US
dc.typeUtility patenten_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.genrepatentsen_US
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