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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2006
Richard E. Smalley, Houston, TX (US);
Daniel T. Colbert, Houston, TX (US);
Hongjie Dai, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jie Liu, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Andrew G. Rinzler, Newberry, FL (US);
Jason H. Hafner, Houston, TX (US);
Ken Smith, Katy, TX (US);
Ting Guo, Davis, CA (US);
Pavel Nikolaev, Houston, TX (US);
Andreas Thess, Kusterdingen, DE;
Richard E. Smalley, Houston, TX (US);
Daniel T. Colbert, Houston, TX (US);
Hongjie Dai, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jie Liu, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Andrew G. Rinzler, Newberry, FL (US);
Jason H. Hafner, Houston, TX (US);
Ken Smith, Katy, TX (US);
Ting Guo, Davis, CA (US);
Pavel Nikolaev, Houston, TX (US);
Andreas Thess, Kusterdingen, DE;
William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
This invention relates generally to a method for producing self-assembled objects comprising fullerene nanotubes and compositions thereof. In one embodiment, the present invention involves a three-dimensional structure of derivatized fullerene nanotubes that spontaneously form. It includes several components having multiple derivatives brought together to assemble into the three-dimensional structure. In another embodiment, objects may be obtained by bonding functionally-specific agents (FSAs) to groups of nanotubes, enabling them to form into structures. The bond selectivity of FSAs allow selected nanotubes of a particular size or kind to assemble together and inhibit the assembling of unselected nanotubes that may also be present.