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Title: Ultra-breathable and protective membranes with sub-5 nm carbon nanotube pores

Abstract

In one embodiment, a product includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes and a fill material in interstitial spaces between the carbon nanotubes for limiting or preventing fluidic transfer between opposite sides of the product except through interiors of the carbon nanotubes. Moreover, the longitudinal axes of the carbon nanotubes are substantially parallel, where an average inner diameter of the carbon nanotubes is about 20 nanometers or less. In addition, the ends of the carbon nanotubes are open and the fill material is impermeable or having an average porosity that is less than the average inner diameter of the carbon nanotubes.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1735121
Patent Number(s):
10737128
Application Number:
15/441,153
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A62 - LIFE-SAVING A62D - CHEMICAL MEANS FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES OR FOR COMBATING OR PROTECTING AGAINST HARMFUL CHEMICAL AGENTS
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 02/23/2017
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Fornasiero, Francesco, Wu, Kuang Jen J., and Kim, Sangil. Ultra-breathable and protective membranes with sub-5 nm carbon nanotube pores. United States: N. p., 2020. Web.
Fornasiero, Francesco, Wu, Kuang Jen J., & Kim, Sangil. Ultra-breathable and protective membranes with sub-5 nm carbon nanotube pores. United States.
Fornasiero, Francesco, Wu, Kuang Jen J., and Kim, Sangil. Tue . "Ultra-breathable and protective membranes with sub-5 nm carbon nanotube pores". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1735121.
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