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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2003
Pulickel M. Ajayan, Troy, NY (US);
Bingqing Wei, Troy, NY (US);
Hongwei Zhu, Beijing, CN;
Cailu Xu, Beijing, CN;
Dehai Wu, Beijing, CN;
Pulickel M. Ajayan, Troy, NY (US);
Bingqing Wei, Troy, NY (US);
Hongwei Zhu, Beijing, CN;
Cailu Xu, Beijing, CN;
Dehai Wu, Beijing, CN;
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (US);
Tsinghua University, Beijing, CN;
Abstract
Long, macroscopic nanotube strands or cables, up to several tens of centimeters in length, of aligned single-walled nanotubes are synthesized by the catalytic pyrolysis of n-hexane using an enhanced vertical floating catalyst CVD technique. The long strands of nanotubes assemble continuously from ropes or arrays of nanotubes, which are intrinsically long. These directly synthesized long nanotube strands or cables can be easily manipulated using macroscopic tools.