Continuous fiber of single-wall carbon nanotubes
US6979709B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 28, 2001 |
| Grant date | Dec 27, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 8, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/30
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
This invention relates generally to carbon fiber produced from single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) molecular arrays. In one embodiment, the present invention involves a macroscopic carbon fiber comprising at least 106 signal-wall carbon nanotubes in generally parallel orientation.
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