Silanized carbon nanotubes and method for the production thereof

US7731928B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Qimonda AG · DE

Inventors

• Georg Duesberg · Blackrock, IE
• Maik Liebau · Dresden, DE
• Eugen Unger · Augsburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 21, 2005
• Grant date: Jun 8, 2010
• Expiry date: Aug 8, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C01P2004/13
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for silanizing carbon nanotubes, wherein the carbon nanotubes are oxidized and subsequently exposed to a saturated gas phase including one or more organosilane derivatives which form covalent bonds to the carbon nanotubes with siloxane formation.