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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2003
Ian Kinloch, Cambridge, GB;
Charanjeet Singh, Durham, GB;
Milo Sebastian Peter Shaffer, London, GB;
Krzysztof K. K. Koziol, Katowice, PL;
Alan Windle, Cambridge, GB;
Ian Kinloch, Cambridge, GB;
Charanjeet Singh, Durham, GB;
Milo Sebastian Peter Shaffer, London, GB;
Krzysztof K. K. Koziol, Katowice, PL;
Alan Windle, Cambridge, GB;
Cambridge University Technical Services Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
A method for producing aligned carbon nanotubes and/or nanofibres comprises providing finely divided substrate particle having substantially smooth faces with radii of curvature of more than 1 μm and of length and breadth between 1 μm and 5 mm and having catalyst material on their surface and a carbon-containing gas at a temperature and pressure at which the carbon-containing gas will react to form carbon when in the presence of the supported catalyst, and forming aligned nanotubes and/or nanofibres by the carbon-forming reaction.