Battelle Memorial Institute

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Michael D Crenshaw

Amy M Heintz

Chad M Cucksey

Anthony David Duong

Randy L Jones

Christopher F Lauria

Thomas P Lauria

Colin P Merlo

Thomas J Gilliano

A method of making CNT films is described in which the film is washed with a mild acid treatment. The method generates a CNT film that is not sensitive to moisture or fluctuations in moisture. The method involves the use of anionic polysaccharides or anionic glycosaminoglycans such as hyaluronic acid, sodium salt, as aqueous dispersing agents and their modification to a hydrophobic matrix after deposition. In the course of conducting the work described here, we made the surprising discovery that washing with an aqueous acidic solution resulted in a decrease in resistance through the material. The invention also includes CNT composites made by the inventive methods and a CNT composite comprising CNTs and anionic polysaccharides or anionic glycosaminoglycans further characterized by a low cationic content and a high conductivity and/or small CNT particle size as measured by SEM.

Stabilization of carbon nanotube coatings

Stabilization of carbon nanotube coatings to moisture

A competitive interactive video game for a group of players includes a plurality of game elements, preferably playing cards, which comprise four different types of cards distributed to a group of players. The cards include cliche cards, attach cliche cards, pause cards, and rewind cards. The cliche cards each contain a written description and a point value while the attach cliche cards cancel the previous play of a cliche card by another player. The game further includes a means for providing a video presentation containing scenes which match the written descriptions on the cliche cards and which is viewed by the players. As the video presentation is viewed and the scenes matching the written descriptions on the cliche cards are recognized by the players, the players play their cards according to the rules of play and points are awarded to the players according to the point value on the cards. At the end of the video presentation, the winner is determined by the player who has accumulated the highest point total. Playing the pause card or rewind cards during the play can either temporarily stop the video presentation or cause it to be repeated according to the rules of play.

Movie-related card game

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Orient, OH, United States of America

Michael D Crenshaw