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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2005
Applicants:
Peter J. Burke, Irvine, CA (US);
Zhen Yu, Irvine, CA (US);
Shengdong LI, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods for synthesizing long carbon nanotubes and using the nanotube as an electrical conductor. A substrate is provided with one or more metal underlayer platforms that allow the nanotube to grow freely suspended from the substrate. A modified gas-flow injector is used to reduce the gas flow turbulence during nanotube growth. Nanotube electrodes are formed by growing arrays of aligned nanotubes between two metal underlayer platforms.