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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2003
Enrique V. Barrera, Houston, TX (US);
Richard Wilkins, College Station, TX (US);
Meisha Shofner, Watervliet, NY (US);
Merlyn X. Pulikkathara, Houston, TX (US);
Ranjii Vaidyanathan, Tuscon, AZ (US);
Enrique V. Barrera, Houston, TX (US);
Richard Wilkins, College Station, TX (US);
Meisha Shofner, Watervliet, NY (US);
Merlyn X. Pulikkathara, Houston, TX (US);
Ranjii Vaidyanathan, Tuscon, AZ (US);
William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention involves the interaction of radiation with functionalized carbon nanotubes that have been incorporated into various host materials, particularly polymeric ones. The present invention is directed to chemistries, methods, and apparatuses which exploit this type of radiation interaction, and to the materials which result from such interactions. The present invention is also directed toward the time dependent behavior of functionalized carbon nanotubes in such composite systems.