Chemistry of inorganic compounds – Carbon or compound thereof – Elemental carbon
Reexamination Certificate
2008-06-27
2010-06-29
Kopec, Mark (Department: 1796)
Chemistry of inorganic compounds
Carbon or compound thereof
Elemental carbon
C252S500000, C252S501100, C252S502000, C252S510000, C252S511000, C423S414000, C423S44500R, C423S44500R, C423S460000, C204S157150, C977S842000, C977S901000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07744844
ABSTRACT:
The present invention involves the interaction of radiation with functionalized carbon nanotubes that have been incorporated into various host materials, particularly polymeric ones. The present invention is directed to chemistries, methods, and apparatuses which exploit this type of radiation interaction, and to the materials which result from such interactions. The present invention is also directed toward the time dependent behavior of functionalized carbon nanotubes in such composite systems.
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Barrera Enrique V.
Pulikkathara Merlyn X.
Shofner Meisha
Vaidyanathan Ranjii
Wilkins Richard
Kopec Mark
Nguyen Tri V
William Marsh Rice University
Winstead PC
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