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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2004
Christopher H. Cooper, Windsor, VT (US);
Alan G. Cummings, Hartland, VT (US);
Mikhail Y. Starostin, Hanover, NH (US);
Charles P. Honsinger, Windsor, VT (US);
Christopher H. Cooper, Windsor, VT (US);
Alan G. Cummings, Hartland, VT (US);
Mikhail Y. Starostin, Hanover, NH (US);
Charles P. Honsinger, Windsor, VT (US);
Seldon Technologies, LLC, Woodstock, VT (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a nanostructured material comprising defective carbon nanotubes chosen from impregnated, functionalized, doped, charged, coated, and irradiated nanotubes, and combinations thereof. The defective carbon nanotubes contain a defect which is a lattice distortion in at least one carbon ring. Also disclosed is a method of purifying fluids, such as liquids, including water, as well as gases, including the air using, this nanostructured material.