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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2008
Jae-woo Kim, Newport News, VA (US);
Cheol Park, Yorktown, VA (US);
Sang H. Choi, Poquoson, VA (US);
Peter T. Lillehei, Yorktown, VA (US);
Joycelyn S. Harrison, Hampton, VA (US);
Jae-Woo Kim, Newport News, VA (US);
Cheol Park, Yorktown, VA (US);
Sang H. Choi, Poquoson, VA (US);
Peter T. Lillehei, Yorktown, VA (US);
Joycelyn S. Harrison, Hampton, VA (US);
Abstract
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are dispersed in an aqueous buffer solution consisting of at least 50 weight percent water and a remainder weight percent that includes a buffer material. The buffer material has a molecular structure defined by a first end, a second end, and a middle disposed between the first and second ends. The first end is a cyclic ring with nitrogen and oxygen heteroatomes, the middle is a hydrophobic alkyl chain, and the second end is a charged group.