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Chemistry Of Inorganic Compounds > Carbon Or Compound Thereof > Elemental Carbon > Fiber, Fabric, Or Textile Fiber, Fabric, Or TextileFiber, Fabric, Or Textile patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.08/16/07 - 20070189954 - Method for dissolving carbon nanotubes and the use thereof The invention relates to a method for dissolving carbon nanotubes consisting in reducing the nanotubes in such a way that the nanotubes which are negatively charged with positive counter-ions are obtainable. Said invention is used, in particular for preparing compounds or carbon nanotubes films ... 08/09/07 - 20070183959 - Carbon nanostructures and process for the production of carbon-based nanotubes, nanofibres and nanostructures Continuous process for the production of carbon-based nanotubes, nanofibres and nanostructures, comprising the following steps: generating a plasma with electrical energy, introducing a carbon precursor and/or one or more catalysers and/or carrier plasma gas in a reaction zone of an airtight high temperature resistant vessel optionally having a thermal insulation ... 07/19/07 - 20070166223 - Carbon nanotube yarn and method for making the same A carbon nanotube yarn includes a number of carbon nanotube yarn strings bound together, and each of the carbon nanotube yarn strings includes a number of carbon nanotube bundles that are joined end to end by van der Waals attractive force, and each of the carbon nanotube bundles includes a ... 07/12/07 - 20070160522 - Method of preparing carbon nanotube from liquid phased-carbon source This invention relates to a method to induce growth of carbon nanotubes using a liquid phased-hydrocarbon based material under a critical range of equilibrating between liquid and gas phases, thereby easily manipulating a required carbon source. This invention also relates to a method to facilitate easy generation of a carbon ... 06/21/07 - 20070140946 - Dispersed growth of nanotubes on a substrate Methods of forming a dispersion of nanostructures, a distribution of carbon nanotubes, and an array of nanostructure devices are described. The methods involve providing a substrate, applying growth promoter to at least a portion of the substrate, exposing the substrate and the growth promoter to a plasma, and forming a ... 06/07/07 - 20070128101 - Method of forming a heterojunction of a carbon nanotube and a different material, method of working a filament of a nanotube A carbon nanotube is contacted with a reactive substance which is a metal or a semiconductor. The reactive substance is heated to diffuse atoms of the reactive substance into the carbon nanotube so that the carbon nanotube is partially transformed or converted into carbide as a reaction product. Thus, a ... 05/31/07 - 20070122335 - Heat transfer fluids with heteroatom-containing carbon nanocapsules A heat transfer fluid with heteroatom-containing carbon nanocapsules. The heat transfer fluid comprises a fluid and a plurality of heteroatom-containing carbon nanocapsules, uniformly dispersed in the fluid, in an amount of 0.01 to 10 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the heat transfer fluid. Since the ... 05/24/07 - 20070116626 - Methods for forming carbon nanotube thermal pads Methods for forming thermal pads including arrays of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes are provided. The thermal pads are formed on various substrates, including foils, thin self-supporting polished metals, semiconductor dies, heat management aids, and lead frames. The arrays are growth from a catalyst layer disposed on the substrate. Forming the ... 05/17/07 - 20070110658 - Water-soluble single-wall carbon nanotubes as a platform technology for biomedical applications The present invention provides for novel methods of generating phenyl sulfonated single-wall carbon nanotubes (1), particularly wherein such phenyl sulfonated single-wall carbon nanotubes can be dissolved in water as true solutions and provide a platform for a variety of biomedical applications. ... 05/03/07 - 20070098620 - Method for functionalizing carbon nanotubes utilizing peroxides A method for functionalizing the wall of single-wall or multi-wall carbon nanotubes involves the use of acyl peroxides to generate carbon-centered free radicals. The method allows for the chemical attachment of a variety of functional groups to the wall or end cap of carbon nanotubes through covalent carbon bonds without ... 03/29/07 - 20070071667 - Thermal treatment of functionalized carbon nanotubes in solution to effect their functionalization The present invention is directed towards methods of thermally defunctionalizing functionalized (derivatized) carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in solution or suspended in a liquid medium. Such defunctionalization largely comprises the removal of sidewall functionality from the CNTs, but can also serve to remove functionality from the CNT ends. Such methods facilitate the ... 03/01/07 - 20070048209 - Continuous fiber of fullerene nanotubes This invention relates generally to carbon fiber produced from fullerene nanotube arrays. In one embodiment, the present invention involves a macroscopic carbon fiber comprising at least 106 fullerene nanotubes in generally parallel orientation. ... 02/22/07 - 20070041886 - Method of producing a carbon nanotube and a carbon nanotube structure An amorphous carbon rod (13) is formed in contact with a catalyst fine particle (11). The fine particle (11) is liquefied by heat treatment, and moved along the amorphous carbon rod (13). The trail of the movement is converted to a carbon nanotube. ... 02/15/07 - 20070036709 - Systems and methods for formation and harvesting of nanofibrous materials A system that receives nanomaterials, forms nanofibrous materials therefrom, and collects these nanofibrous materials for subsequent applications. The system is coupled to a chamber that generates nanomaterials, typically carbon nanotubes produced from chemical vapor deposition, and includes a mechanism for spinning the nanotubes into yarns or tows. Alternatively, the system ... 02/08/07 - 20070031319 - Carbon material The invention's carbon materials having organic groups are useful in dispersions, rubber, plastics, inks, including solventborne inks, waterborne inks, inkjet inks, xerographic toners, coatings, paints, bitumen, concrete or other building materials, paper or as a reducing agent in metallurgy. ... 02/08/07 - 20070031318 - Methods of chemically treating an electrically conductive layer having nanotubes therein with diazonium reagent Methods of treating an electronic device including an electrically conductive layer having single-walled semiconducting carbon nanotubes and single-walled metallic carbon nanotubes therein include the following step performed in the absence of an applied potential to the single-walled metallic carbon monotubes: chemically treating the electrically conductive layer with an aqueous solution ... 02/08/07 - 20070031317 - Carbon nanotube manufacturing apparatus and method for manufacturing carbon nanotube A carbon nanotube manufacturing method is employed, in which a carbon nanotube manufacturing apparatus (1000, 2000, 3000) comprises an ionizing means (e.g., a negative ion generator (10)) for ionizing a vapor of a certain carbon-containing compound, an electric field generating means (e.g., a direct-current power supply (21), a cathode (22) ... 01/11/07 - 20070009420 - Fullerene shell tube and process for producing the same Fullerene whiskers or fibers obtained by a liquid-liquid interfacial precipitation method are heat-treated in vacuum or in a gas atmosphere at a temperature of from 500 to 1,000° C. to form a fullerene shell tube which can be used in wide applications such as field emission devices, gas filters, hydrogen ... 12/21/06 - 20060286024 - Synthesis and cleaving of carbon nanochips A unique graphite nanostructure and method of manufacture. The method comprises the cleavage of carbon nanofibers into sections having widths in the range 0.34 to 3.02 nm. The spacing between the inner adjacent walls of all the resulting nanochips is fixed at a distance of 0.34 nm. These cleaved sections ... 12/21/06 - 20060286023 - Carbon nanotube, method for positioning the same, field-effect transistor made using the carbon nanotube, method for making the field-effect transistor, and semiconductor device Carbon nanotube, method for positioning the same, field effect transistor made using the carbon nanotube, method for making the field-effect transistor, and a semiconductor device are provided. The carbon nanotube includes a bare carbon nanotube and a functional group introduced to at least one end of the bare carbon nanotube. ... 11/16/06 - 20060257309 - Carbon fiber, method for producing the same and apparatus therefor An object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for heat-treating carbon fiber, in which impairment of a furnace caused by solidification of a transition metal impurity serving as a catalyst raw material is prevented, and the amount of the metal, such as Fe, Co, or ... 10/26/06 - 20060239896 - Method for producing a precursor ceramic In a method for manufacturing a precursor ceramic by pyrolysis of elementorganic precursor polymers, carbon nanotubes are bonded to the precursor ceramic and the bonding is performed in such a way that the quantity of free carbon forming in the decomposition of the elementorganic precursor polymers is adjusted in such ... 10/12/06 - 20060228287 - Precision shape modification of nanodevices with a low-energy electron beam Methods of shape modifying a nanodevice by contacting it with a low-energy focused electron beam are disclosed here. In one embodiment, a nanodevice may be permanently reformed to a different geometry through an application of a deforming force and a low-energy focused electron beam. With the addition of an assist ... 09/21/06 - 20060210466 - Microwave induced functionalization of single wall carbon nanotubes and composites prepared therefrom The invention is directed to a method of forming, producing or manufacturing functionalized nanomaterials, and, specifically, soluble functionalized nanomaterials. The presently described invention also relates to nanomaterial-based composites consisting of a target material, which can include ceramic, polymer, or metallic matrices incorporated into or grown on nanomaterials, as well as ... 07/27/06 - 20060165587 - Method of forming guanidine group on carbon nanotubes, method of attaching carbon nanotubes having guanidine groups to substrate, and carbon nanotubes and substrate manufactured by same Disclosed herein is a method of forming a guanidine group on carbon nanotubes to improve the dispersibility of carbon nanotubes, a method of attaching carbon nanotubes having guanidine groups to a substrate, and carbon nanotubes and a substrate manufactured by the above methods. The method of forming the guanidine group ... 07/27/06 - 20060165586 - Methods for osmylating and ruthenylating single-walled carbon nanotubes The present invention provides a method of differentiating metallic carbon nanotubes from semiconducting carbon nanotubes. The method comprising providing a nanotube dispersion, wherein the nanotube dispersion comprises a plurality of carbon nanotubes, osmium tetroxide, or ruthenium tetroxide, and a solvent; and irradiating the nanotube dispersion with ultraviolet light, wherein the ... 06/29/06 - 20060140847 - Method for introducing functional material into organic nanotube The objective is to easily introduce a desired functional substance into organic nanotubes under milder conditions such as ambient temperature and ambient pressure. The method comprises the steps of allowing a surface active organic compound comprising hydrophobic hydrocarbon groups and hydrophilic groups to self aggregate in liquid phase to form ... 06/01/06 - 20060115409 - Method for producing carbon nanotube Disclosed is a method for producing carbon nanotubes, which uses a polymer as a raw material to undergo in situ thermal decomposition. The method includes steps of mixing the polymer and metallic catalyst through in situ thermal decomposition to carbonize the polymer and release carbon elements to produce carbon nanotubes. ... 05/11/06 - 20060099135 - Carbon nanotubes: high solids dispersions and nematic gels thereof Disclosed are high weight fraction carbon nanotube dispersions including an aqueous medium, carbon nanotubes, and at least one surfactant, the surfactant having an aromatic group, an alkyl group having from about 4 to about 30 carbon atoms, and a charged head group. Also disclosed are ultrasonication processes capable of providing ... 05/11/06 - 20060099134 - Method for producing fine carbon fiber Provided is a process for producing a fine carbon fiber by a method of thermal decomposition of at least one organic compound containing VIB group element in the periodic table in a molecule using a ultra fine particles comprising at least one transition metal as a catalyst, wherein a gas ... 03/02/06 - 20060045838 - Nanotubes and methods of dispersing and separating nanotubes A nanostructure having at least one nanotube and at least one chemical moiety non-covalently attached to the at least one nanotube. At least one dendrimer is bonded to the chemical moiety. The chemical moiety may include soluble polymers, soluble oligomers, and combinations thereof. A method of dispersing at least one ... 02/23/06 - 20060039848 - Carbon nanotube pastes and methods of use Dispersable pastes comprising single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) in water or in an organic solvent are prepared. The method of preparing the dispersable pastes comprises in general the following steps: a) removal of the catalyst used during the synthesis of SWNT; b) while the SWNT are still wet, addition of the ... 02/09/06 - 20060029537 - High tensile strength carbon nanotube film and process for making the same A conductive carbon nanotube film having high tensile strength and initial tensile modulus comprises primarily oxidized small-diameter carbon nanotubes wherein the diameter of the small-diameter carbon nanotubes are at most about 3 nm. A method for making the film comprises refluxing an aqueous mixture comprising carbon nanotubes and an oxidizing ... 01/19/06 - 20060013756 - Templated growth of carbon nanotubes A method of growing carbon nanotubes uses a synthesized mesoporous silica template with approximately cylindrical pores being formed therein. The surfaces of the pores are coated with a carbon nanotube precursor, and the template with the surfaces of the pores so-coated is then heated until the carbon nanotube precursor in ... 01/05/06 - 20060002841 - Polymer and method for using the polymer for noncovalently functionalizing nanotubes A new, non-wrapping approach to functionalizing nanotubes, such as carbon nanotubes, in organic and inorganic solvents is provided. In accordance with certain embodiments, carbon nanotube surfaces are functionalized in a non-wrapping fashion by functional conjugated polymers that include functional groups. Various embodiments provide polymers that noncovalently bond with carbon nanotubes ... 12/15/05 - 20050276742 - Method for manufacturing isotope-doped carbon nanotubes A method for manufacturing isotope-doped carbon nanotubes (10) includes the steps of: (a) providing a carbon rod (209), the carbon rod including at least two kinds of carbon isotope segments (202, 203) arranged therealong according to need; (b) providing a laser beam source positioned opposite to the carbon rod; and ... 11/24/05 - 20050260120 - Method for forming an array of single-wall carbon nanotubes in an electric field and compositions thereof This invention relates generally to a forming an array of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT) in an electric field and compositions thereof. In one embodiment, a purified bucky paper of single-wall carbon nanotubes is used as the starting material. Upon oxidative treatment of the bucky paper surface, many tube and/or rope ... 11/17/05 - 20050255032 - Nanotube sensor A sensor having a nanotube grown on and supported by thermal bimorph structures. The nanotube rests on a heat sink during sensing gas or a liquid and is moved from the heat sink when the nanotube is heated to desorb gas or liquid from it. The heatsink may function as ... 11/17/05 - 20050255031 - Method for selectively separating semiconductive carbon nanotubes Semiconducting type carbon nanotubes are efficiently separated from a mixture of semiconducting and metallic carbon nanotubes in a simple manner, by way of treating the carbon nanotube mixture with an organic solution containing nitronium ions, filtering the resulting mixture to recover remaining solids, and heat-treating the solids. ... 11/17/05 - 20050255030 - Process for functionalizing carbon nanotubes under solvent-free conditions The present invention provides methods by which carbon nanotubes can be functionalized under solvent-free conditions. As extremely large quantities are typically required to dissolve or disperse carbon nanotubes, solvent elimination the processes more favorable for scale-up. Such processes are also amenable to a wide variety of chemical reactions are functionalizing ... 11/03/05 - 20050244326 - Method for fractionating single-wall carbon nanotubes The invention relates generally to dispersing and fractionating single-wall carbon nanotubes, which can be derivatized to facilitate fractionation, for example, by adding solubilizing moieties to the nanotubes. ... 10/27/05 - 20050238565 - Systems and methods of manufacturing nanotube structures A tube manufacturing system is provided that is capable of manufacturing tube structures that are on the nanoscale and larger. The system provides for control as to the structure and atomic makeup of the feed sheet material used and provides motive force to the sheet material being used to continuously ... 10/20/05 - 20050232843 - Method of producing carbon fiber aggregate A method of producing an aggregate of hollow or solid carbon fibers is provided which comprises the step of (i) heating a solution comprising carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and sulfur as components; or (ii) heating a vapor of a solution comprising carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and sulfur as components in an atmosphere ... 10/06/05 - 20050220696 - Fabrication of quartz-clad carbon nanotube bundles To develop a method of fabricating carbon nanotube bundles clad in a quartz sheath with high temperature and chemical resistance. The microcrystalline carbon nanotube sample in powder form is vacuum-sealed within a quartz tube sheath and heated to the softening temperature of quartz, then quickly quenched to room temperature while ... 09/29/05 - 20050214196 - Method of manufacturing hydrophilic carbon nanotubes There is provided a method of manufacturing hydrophilic carbon nanotubes, which is capable of imparting hydrophilicity without damaging the surface of the carbon nanotubes. By irradiating carbon nanotubes 4 with ultraviolet ray 3, hydrophilic functional group(s) are introduced into the surface of carbon nanotubes 4. Hydrophilicity is imparted to the ... 09/22/05 - 20050207963 - Carbon nanotubes derivatized with diazonium species The invention incorporates new processes for the chemical modification of carbon nanotubes. Such processes involve the derivatization of multi- and single-wall carbon nanotubes, including small diameter (ca. 0.7 nm) single-wall carbon nanotubes, with diazonium species. The method allows the chemical attachment of a variety of organic compounds to the side ... 08/04/05 - 20050169831 - Three-dimensional nanotube structure Embodiments of the invention provide a three-dimensional nanotube structure. For one embodiment, a connector molecule is created that has bonding sites capable of bonding with one end of an open-ended nanotube segment and bonding sites capable of bonding with the corresponding bonding sites of a plurality of other connector molecules. ... 08/04/05 - 20050169830 - Macroscopic ordered assembly of carbon nanotubes The present invention is directed to the creation of macroscopic materials and objects comprising aligned nanotube segments. The invention entails aligning single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) segments that are suspended in a fluid medium and then removing the aligned segments from suspension in a way that macroscopic, ordered assemblies of SWNT ... 06/09/05 - 20050123467 - Systems and methods for production of carbon nanostructures Methods, processes, and apparatuses for the large scale synthesis of carbon nanostructures are provided. Metal catalysts having small diameter and narrow distribution of particle sizes are prepared and continuously injected as aerosols into a reactor. The metal catalysts are supported on supports that are substantially free of carbon, and the ... 06/02/05 - 20050118092 - Apparatus and method for inducing electrical property changes in carbon nanotubes An apparatus and process for fabricating carbon nanotubes (“CNTs”) with specific diameters and morphologies, comprising a vacuum system, CNT holder and microwave source adapted for directing a microwave field onto the CNTs. The morphology selection can yield samples of pre-selected diameter configurations making it possible to take a sample of ... 06/02/05 - 20050118091 - Hydrogen storage utilizing carbon nanotube materials A material for the storage of hydrogen is provided comprising single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT), wherein the majority of the diameters of the single wall carbon nanotubes of the assembly range from 0.4 to 1.0 nanometers (nm), and the average length is less than or equal to 1000 nm, or ... 06/02/05 - 20050118090 - Plasma synthesis of hollow nanostructures A method is described for the continuous production of nanotubes comprising forming a plasma jet, introducing into the plasma jet a metal catalyst or metal catalyst precursor to produce vaporised catalyst metal, directing one or more streams of quenching gas into the plasma to quench the plasma and passing the ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |