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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2004
Applicants:
Richard W. Siegel, Menands, NY (US);
John M. Nugent, Schenectady, NY (US);
Pulickel M. Ajayan, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Inventors:
Richard W. Siegel, Menands, NY (US);
John M. Nugent, Schenectady, NY (US);
Pulickel M. Ajayan, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A flash CVD process can be employed to grow micron- and nano-sized tree-like structures, particularly carbon structures on graphite electrodes. This process involves fast cyclic resistive heating of electrodes in an atmosphere of inert gas and hydrocarbons at below atmospheric pressure.