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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
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 forming a patterned array of fullerene nanotubes. In one embodiment, a nanoscale array of microwells is provided on a substrate; a metal catalyst is deposited in each microwells; and a stream of hydrocarbon or CO feedstock gas is directed at the substrate under conditions that effect growth of fullerene nanotubes from each microwell.