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Carbon nanotube assembly

a carbon nanotube and assembly technology, applied in the direction of manufacturing tools, transportation and packaging, coatings, etc., can solve the problems of difficult insertion of cnts into other structures, difficulty in manipulating individual cnts, and problematic use of cnts as structural components

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-11-11
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV
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The invention provides a high-density carbon nanotube assembly with a patterned frame made up of vertically grown, intertwined or interlocked carbon nanotubes. The interstices between the nanotubes are at least partially filled with an interstitial material. The technical effects include increased density and improved performance of carbon nanotube assemblies.

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While the behavior of CNTs has been widely studied, the use of CNTs as structural components has proved problematic due to a variety of issues, including the difficulty of manipulating individual CNTs, the difficulty of incorporating CNTs into other structures, and the inherently fragile nature CNTs.

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[0018]The following detailed description of exemplary embodiments of the invention makes reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof and in which are shown, by way of illustration, exemplary embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. While these exemplary embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention, it should be understood that other embodiments may be realized and that various changes to the invention may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

[0019]In describing and claiming the present invention, the following terminology will be used.

[0020]As used here, the term “vertically grown” is used to describe nanotubes that are generally grown upward from a substrate or catalyst material. While such nanotubes exhibit a generally vertical attitude, it is to be understood that such tubes are not necessarily perfectly straight or perfectly upright, but will te...

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Abstract

A carbon nanotube assembly comprises a plurality of carbon nanotubes arranged into a patterned frame and extending from a base of the patterned frame to a face of the patterned frame, the patterned frame having a height of at least about 10 μm or greater. At least one passage extends through or is defined in the patterned frame, the at least one passage extending from the base of the patterned frame to the face of the patterned frame. An interstitial material at least partially fills interstices between at least some of the carbon nanotubes.

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PRIORITY[0001]Priority is claimed of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60 / 995,881,filed Sep. 28, 2007, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.RELATED APPLICATIONS[0002]This application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______ , filed Sep. 26, 2008, entitled X-Ray Radiation Window with Carbon Nanotube Frame; and is related to U.S. patent application Serial No. ______ , filed Sep. 26, 2008,entitled Carbon Nanotube MEMS Assembly.BACKGROUND[0003]Interest in the use of carbon nanotubes (“CNTs”) in engineering applications continues to increase. CNTs are tubes of graphite typically grown from iron nanoparticles or iron, and can be categorized as single-walled nanotubes (“SWNTs”) or multi-walled nanotubes(“MWNTs”). CNTs have many interesting properties, including exhibiting the highest tensile strength and elastic modulus of any known material.[0004]While the behavior of CNTs has been widely studied, the use of CNTs as structural componen...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B32B3/10B05D1/36B05D1/32B29C39/00
CPCC01B2202/34C01B2202/36B81C1/00031C01B31/0226B82Y30/00B82Y40/00Y10T428/24273H01J5/18B81B2201/018C01B2202/20B81B2203/0109C01B31/0253C01B32/16C01B32/168
Inventor DAVIS, ROBERT C.VANFLEET, RICHARD R.HUTCHISON, DAVID N.
Owner BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV
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