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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2008
Applicants:
Barry S. Goodell, Bangor, ME (US);
Xinfeng Xie, Orono, ME (US);
Yuhui Qian, Old Town, ME (US);
Dajie Zhang, Columbia, MD (US);
Michael L. Peterson, Orono, ME (US);
Jody L. Jellison, Bangor, ME (US);
Inventors:
Barry S. Goodell, Bangor, ME (US);
Xinfeng Xie, Orono, ME (US);
Yuhui Qian, Old Town, ME (US);
Dajie Zhang, Columbia, MD (US);
Michael L. Peterson, Orono, ME (US);
Jody L. Jellison, Bangor, ME (US);
Assignee:
University of Maine, Orono, ME (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01F 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A carbon nanotube formation process of producing carbon nanotubes includes controlled heating of plant fiber materials in an oxygen-limited atmosphere. The plant fiber materials may be heated either cyclically or by rapid heating to produce the carbon nanotubes.