Method for producing carbon nanotubes

Phillips, Jonathan; Perry, William L; Chen, Chun-Ku

Title: Method for producing carbon nanotubes

Patent · Tue Feb 14 00:00:00 EST 2006

OSTI ID:908597

Phillips, Jonathan ^[1]; Perry, William L ^[2]; Chen, Chun-Ku ^[3]

Santa Fe, NM
Jemez Springs, NM
Albuquerque, NM

Method for producing carbon nanotubes. Carbon nanotubes were prepared using a low power, atmospheric pressure, microwave-generated plasma torch system. After generating carbon monoxide microwave plasma, a flow of carbon monoxide was directed first through a bed of metal particles/glass beads and then along the outer surface of a ceramic tube located in the plasma. As a flow of argon was introduced into the plasma through the ceramic tube, ropes of entangled carbon nanotubes, attached to the surface of the tube, were produced. Of these, longer ropes formed on the surface portion of the tube located in the center of the plasma. Transmission electron micrographs of individual nanotubes revealed that many were single-walled.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-36

Assignee:: The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, NM)

Patent Number(s):: 6,998,103

Application Number:: 10/295,129

OSTI ID:: 908597

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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