Apparatus for the production of boron nitride nanotubes

Smith, Michael W; Jordan, Kevin

Title: Apparatus for the production of boron nitride nanotubes

Patent · Tue Jun 17 00:00:00 EDT 2014

OSTI ID:1134462

Smith, Michael W; Jordan, Kevin

An apparatus for the large scale production of boron nitride nanotubes comprising; a pressure chamber containing; a continuously fed boron containing target; a source of thermal energy preferably a focused laser beam; a cooled condenser; a source of pressurized nitrogen gas; and a mechanism for extracting boron nitride nanotubes that are condensed on or in the area of the cooled condenser from the pressure chamber.

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Research Organization:: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-060R23177

Assignee:: Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (Newport News, VA); The United States of America, as Represented by the Administrator of NASA (Washington, DC)

Patent Number(s):: 8,753,578

Application Number:: 12/322,591

OSTI ID:: 1134462

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2009 Feb 04

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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