Apparatus and method for growing fullerene nanotube forests, and forming nanotube films, threads and composite structures therefrom

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7850778
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11220454

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The present invention provides apparatus and methods for growing fullerene nanotube forests, and forming nanotube films, threads and composite structures therefrom. In some embodiments, an interior-flow substrate includes a porous surface and one or more interior passages that provide reactant gas to an interior portion of a densely packed nanotube forest as it is growing. In some embodiments, a continuous-growth furnace is provided that includes an access port for removing nanotube forests without cooling the furnace substantially. In other embodiments, a nanotube film can be pulled from the nanotube forest without removing the forest from the furnace. A nanotube film loom is described. An apparatus for building layers of nanotube films on a continuous web is described.

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  • GRANDNANO, LLC

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Lemaire, Charles A 13195 Flamingo Ct. 112 5757

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