Method to make and use long single-walled carbon nanotubes as electrical conductors
US7645482B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 12, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jan 12, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 28, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S427/102
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Systems and methods for synthesizing long carbon nanotubes and using the nanotube as an electrical conductor. A substrate is provided with one or more metal underlayer platforms that allow the nanotube to grow freely suspended from the substrate. A modified gas-flow injector is used to reduce the gas flow turbulence during nanotube growth. Nanotube electrodes are formed by growing arrays of aligned nanotubes between two metal underlayer platforms.
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