Title:
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INDUCING ELECTRICAL PROPERTY CHANGES IN CARBON NANOTUBES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2005055276
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
An apparatus and process for fabricating carbon nanotubes ("CNTs") with specific diameters and morphologies, comprising a vacuum system, CNT holder and microwave source adapted for directing a microwave field onto the CNTs. The morphology selection can yield samples of pre-selected diameter configurations making it possible to take a sample of SWNTs produced by any synthesis technique and induce a morphology change that causes the sample to be either all conductive, all narrow band gap semi-conductive or wide band gap semi-conductive, within a given nanotube rope.
Inventors:
ALLARA DAVID
CHEN MIN
HENLEY DONALD E
IMHOLT TIMOTHY JAMES
ROBERTS JAMES ANDREW
CHEN MIN
HENLEY DONALD E
IMHOLT TIMOTHY JAMES
ROBERTS JAMES ANDREW
Application Number:
PCT/US2004/031004
Publication Date:
July 28, 2005
Filing Date:
September 21, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
UNIV NORTH TEXAS (US)
International Classes:
B01J19/12; B05D3/00; C01B31/02; C09C1/56; D01C5/00; D01F9/12; H01L51/00; H01L51/42; H01L; (IPC1-7): H01L/
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