William Marsh Rice University

The University of Texas System

Valerie C Moore

James Mitchell Tour

Richard E Smalley

Andrew Ross Barron

Robert H Hauge

Howard K Schmidt

Michael P Stewart

Dmitry Kosynkin

Elizabeth Whitsitt

S Ward Casscells

Ramon Colorado, Jr

Christopher A Dyke

Jared L Hudson

Ashley Leonard

Jeffrey N Myers

Luka Milas

W Edward Billups

Kathy A Mason

Robin E Anderson

Brandi Katherine Price

Rebecca Lucente-Schultz

Douglas C Ogrin

Jodie L Conyers, Jr

Zvonimir L Milas

Compositions comprising a plurality of functionalized carbon nanotubes and at least one type of payload molecule are provided herein. The compositions are soluble in water and PBS in some embodiments. In certain embodiments, the payload molecules are insoluble in water. Methods are described for making the compositions and administering the compositions. An extended release formulation for paclitaxel utilizing functionalized carbon nanotubes is also described.

Water-soluble carbon nanotube compositions for drug delivery and medicinal applications

The present invention is directed towards methods (processes) of providing large quantities of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) of defined diameter and chirality (i.e., precise populations). In such processes, CNT seeds of a pre-selected diameter and chirality are grown to many (e.g., hundreds) times their original length. This is optionally followed by cycling some of the newly grown material back as seed material for regrowth. Thus, the present invention provides for the large-scale production of precise populations of CNTs, the precise composition of such populations capable of being optimized for a particular application (e.g., hydrogen storage). The present invention is also directed to complexes of CNTs and transition metal catalyst precurors, such complexes typically being formed en route to forming CNT seeds.

Amplification of carbon nanotubes via seeded-growth methods

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Houston, TX, United States of America

Valerie C Moore