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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2006
Applicant:
John W. Pettit, Rockville, MD (US);
Inventor:
John W. Pettit, Rockville, MD (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical fiber is coated with a super-hydrophobic carbon nanotube film, or other film containing a nanocomposite material, to increase reliability. The film is formed from a carbon nanotube dispersion, which is in turn formed from a mixture of water, carbon nanotube gel, and a polymer such as single stranded DNA of a repeating sequence of the base pairs GT with a length of 20 base pairs, which is sonicated and then ultracentrifuged.