Richard E. Smalley
80Patents
47h-index
65Co-inventors
87Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 4, 1991 → Jul 1, 2009
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6183714A | Method of making ropes of single-wall carbon nanotubes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 237 | Expired |
| US6790425B1 | Macroscopic ordered assembly of carbon nanotubes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 206 | Expired |
| US6683783B1 | Carbon fibers formed from single-wall carbon nanotubes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 203 | Expired |
| US6899945B2 | Entangled single-wall carbon nanotube solid material and methods for making same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 188 | Expired |
| US7105596B2 | Methods for producing composites of single-wall carbon nanotubes and compositions thereof | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 160 | Expired |
| US6979709B2 | Continuous fiber of single-wall carbon nanotubes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 154 | Expired |
| US6692717B1 | Catalytic growth of single-wall carbon nanotubes from metal particles | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 132 | Expired |
| US6749827B2 | Method for growing continuous fiber | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 130 | Expired |
| US6645455B2 | Chemical derivatization of single-wall carbon nanotubes to facilitate solvation thereof; and use of derivatized nanotubes to form catalyst-containing seed materials for use in making carbon fibers | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 128 | Expired |
| US7048999B2 | Method for producing self-assembled objects comprising single-wall carbon nanotubes and compositions thereof | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 128 | Expired |
| US6936233B2 | Method for purification of as-produced single-wall carbon nanotubes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 126 | Expired |
| US5227038A | Electric arc process for making fullerenes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 119 | Expired |
| US7205069B2 | Membrane comprising an array of single-wall carbon nanotubes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 116 | Expired |
| US7071406B2 | Array of single-wall carbon nanotubes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 113 | Expired |
| US6949237B2 | Method for growing single-wall carbon nanotubes utlizing seed molecules | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 110 | Expired |
| US5300203A | Process for making fullerenes by the laser evaporation of carbon | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 108 | Expired |
| US7108841B2 | Method for forming a patterned array of single-wall carbon nanotubes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 107 | Expired |
| US5591312A | Process for making fullerene fibers | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 107 | Expired |
| US6756025B2 | Method for growing single-wall carbon nanotubes utilizing seed molecules | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 103 | Expired |
| US7041620B2 | Method for producing a catalyst support and compositions thereof | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 102 | Expired |
| US6761870B1 | Gas-phase nucleation and growth of single-wall carbon nanotubes from high pressure CO | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 98 | Expired |
| US7052668B2 | Process utilizing seeds for making single-wall carbon nanotubes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 86 | Expired |
| US6986876B2 | Method for forming composites of sub-arrays of single-wall carbon nanotubes | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 85 | Expired |
| US6752977B2 | Process for purifying single-wall carbon nanotubes and compositions thereof | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 80 | Expired |
| US7125534B1 | Catalytic growth of single- and double-wall carbon nanotubes from metal particles | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 79 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.