Fabric (woven – knitted – or nonwoven textile or cloth – etc.) – Felt fabric
Reexamination Certificate
2000-11-27
2008-03-04
Cole, Elizabeth M (Department: 1771)
Fabric (woven, knitted, or nonwoven textile or cloth, etc.)
Felt fabric
C442S349000, C428S364000, C428S903000, C977S742000, C977S743000, C977S750000, C977S842000, C977S844000, C423S447200
Reexamination Certificate
active
07338915
ABSTRACT:
This invention provides a method of making single-wall carbon nanotubes by laser vaporizing a mixture of carbon and one or more Group VIII transition metals. Single-wall carbon nanotubes preferentially form in the vapor and the one or more Group VIII transition metals catalyzed growth of the single-wall carbon nanotubes. In one embodiment of the invention, one or more single-wall carbon nanotubes are fixed in a high temperature zone so that the one or more Group VIII transition metals catalyze further growth of the single-wall carbon nanotube that is maintained in the high temperature zone. In another embodiment, two separate laser pulses are utilized with the second pulse timed to be absorbed by the vapor created by the first pulse.
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Colbert Daniel T.
Guo Ting
Nikolaev Pavel
Rinzler Andrew G.
Smalley Richard E.
Cole Elizabeth M
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Garsson Ross Spencer
Rice University
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