Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Coated or structually defined flake – particle – cell – strand,... – Rod – strand – filament or fiber
Reexamination Certificate
2006-08-22
2009-12-15
Hendrickson, Stuart (Department: 1793)
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Coated or structually defined flake, particle, cell, strand,...
Rod, strand, filament or fiber
C423S447200, C977S750000
Reexamination Certificate
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07632569
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates generally to forming an array of fullerene nanotubes. In one embodiment, a macroscopic molecular array is provided comprising at least about 106fullerene nanotubes in generally parallel orientation and having substantially similar lengths in the range of from about 5 to about 500 nanometers.
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Colbert Daniel T.
Dai Hongjie
Guo Ting
Hafner Jason H.
Liu Jie
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Hendrickson Stuart
William Marsh Rice University
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