Classifying – separating – and assorting solids – Electrostatic – Attracting
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-13
2005-12-13
Walsh, Donald P. (Department: 3653)
Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
Electrostatic
Attracting
C209S155000, C977S726000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06974926
ABSTRACT:
In embodiments of the present invention, the electric field of a focused laser beam induces a dipole in a single-walled carbon nanotube. The single-walled carbon nanotube has one or more resonant frequencies. When the frequency of the laser beam is less than a resonance frequency of the single-walled carbon nanotube, the single-walled carbon nanotube may be trapped and the laser beam may move the single-walled carbon nanotube from a first microfluidic laminar flow to a second microfluidic laminar flow. When the frequency of the laser beam is higher than a resonant frequency of the single-walled carbon nanotube, the single-walled carbon nanotube may be repelled and the laser beam may not move the single-walled carbon nanotube.
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Hannah Eric
Koo Tae-Woong
Zhang Yuegang
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP
Intel Corporation
Rodriguez Joseph C
Walsh Donald P.
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