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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert C. Haddon, Lexington, KY (US);
Jian Chen, Lexington, KY (US);
Mark A. Hamon, Carlisle, KY (US);
Assignee:
University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09C 1/56 ; C09C 6/109 ; C09C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09C 1/56 ; C09C 6/109 ; C09C / ;
Abstract
Naked carbon nanotubes are dissolved in organic solutions by terminating the nanotubes with carboxylic acid groups and attaching an aliphatic carbon chain so as to render the carbon nanotubes soluble.