Method and apparatus for synthesizing filamentary structures

Height, Murray J; Howard, Jack B; Vandersande, John B

Method and apparatus for synthesizing filamentary structures

Patent · 25 February 2008

OSTI ID:983111

Height, Murray J ^[1]; Howard, Jack B ^[2]; Vandersande, John B ^[3]

Somerville, MA
Winchester, MA
Newbury, MA

Method and apparatus for producing filamentary structures. The structures include single-walled nanotubes. The method includes combusting hydrocarbon fuel and oxygen to establish a non-sooting flame and providing an unsupported catalyst to synthesize the filamentary structure in a post-flame region of the flame. Residence time is selected to favor filamentary structure growth.

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Research Organization:: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: FG02-84ER13282

Assignee:: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)

Patent Number(s):: 7,335,344

Application Number:: 10/389,002

OSTI ID:: 983111

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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