Coating apparatus – Gas or vapor deposition
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-06
2010-12-14
Lund, Jeffrie R (Department: 1716)
Coating apparatus
Gas or vapor deposition
C118S718000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07850778
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides apparatus and methods for growing fullerene nanotube forests, and forming nanotube films, threads and composite structures therefrom. In some embodiments, an interior-flow substrate includes a porous surface and one or more interior passages that provide reactant gas to an interior portion of a densely packed nanotube forest as it is growing. In some embodiments, a continuous-growth furnace is provided that includes an access port for removing nanotube forests without cooling the furnace substantially. In other embodiments, a nanotube film can be pulled from the nanotube forest without removing the forest from the furnace. A nanotube film loom is described. An apparatus for building layers of nanotube films on a continuous web is described.
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