MULTI-STEP PURIFICATION OF SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES
    11.
    发明申请
    MULTI-STEP PURIFICATION OF SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES 有权
    单壁碳纳米管的多步纯化

    公开(公告)号:US20100008843A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-01-14

    申请号:US11291638

    申请日:2005-11-30

    IPC分类号: D01F9/12 B82B3/00

    摘要: The present invention relates to processes for the purification of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). Known methods of single-wall carbon nanotube production result in a single-wall carbon nanotube product that contains single-wall carbon nanotubes in addition to impurities including residual metal catalyst particles and amounts of small amorphous carbon sheets that surround the catalyst particles and appear on the side of the single-wall carbon nanotubes. The present purification processes remove the extraneous carbon as well as metal-containing residual catalyst particles.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及单壁碳纳米管(SWNT)的纯化方法。 单壁碳纳米管生产的已知方法导致单壁碳纳米管产物,除了包含残留金属催化剂颗粒的杂质和围绕催化剂颗粒的小的无定形碳片的含量之外,还包含单壁碳纳米管,并出现在 侧壁的单壁碳纳米管。 本纯化方法除去了外来的碳以及含金属的残留催化剂颗粒。

    Length-based liquid-liquid extraction of carbon nanotubes using a phase transfer catalyst
    12.
    发明授权
    Length-based liquid-liquid extraction of carbon nanotubes using a phase transfer catalyst 失效
    使用相转移催化剂的基于长度的液 - 液萃取碳纳米管

    公开(公告)号:US07578941B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-08-25

    申请号:US11289000

    申请日:2005-11-29

    IPC分类号: B01D11/02

    摘要: The present invention is generally directed to new liquid-liquid extraction methods for the length-based separation of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and other 1-dimensional nanostructures. In some embodiments, such methods are directed to separating SWNTs on the basis of their length, wherein such methods comprise the steps of: (a) functionalizing SWNTs to form functionalized SWNTs with ionizable functional moieties; (b) dissolving said functionalized SWNTs in a polar solvent to form a polar phase; (c) dissolving a substoichiometric (relative to the amount of ionizable functional moieties present on the SWNTs) amount of a phase transfer agent in a non-polar solvent to form a non-polar phase; (d) combining the polar and non-polar phases to form a bi-phase mixture; (e) adding a cationic donor species to the bi-phase mixture; and (f) agitating the bi-phase mixture to effect the preferential transport of short SWNTs into the non-polar phase such that the non-polar phase is enriched in short SWNTs and the polar phase is enriched in longer SWNTs. In other embodiments, analogous methods are used for the length-based separation of any type of CNT, and more generally, for any type of 1-dimensional nanostructure.

    摘要翻译: 本发明一般涉及用于碳纳米管(CNT)和其它一维纳米结构的基于长度的分离的新的液 - 液萃取方法。 在一些实施方案中,这样的方法涉及基于其长度分离SWNT,其中此类方法包括以下步骤:(a)使SWNT官能化形成具有可离子化功能部分的官能化SWNT; (b)将所述官能化的单壁碳纳米管溶解在极性溶剂中以形成极性相; (c)在非极性溶剂中将相转移剂的亚化学计量(相对于存在于SWNT上的可离子化官能团的量)量溶解以形成非极性相; (d)组合极性和非极性相以形成双相混合物; (e)向双相混合物中加入阳离子供体物质; 和(f)搅拌双相混合物以实现短的单壁碳纳米管优先转运到非极性相中,使得非极性相富集在短的单壁碳纳米管中,极性相富集较长的单壁碳纳米管。 在其它实施方案中,类似的方法用于任何类型的CNT的长度分离,更通常地,对于任何类型的一维纳米结构。

    MACROSCOPIC ORDERED ASSEMBLY OF CARBON NANOTUBES
    14.
    发明申请
    MACROSCOPIC ORDERED ASSEMBLY OF CARBON NANOTUBES 审中-公开
    碳纳米管的大型订购总成

    公开(公告)号:US20080210370A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-09-04

    申请号:US11840033

    申请日:2007-08-16

    摘要: The present invention is directed to the creation of macroscopic materials and objects comprising aligned nanotube segments. The invention entails aligning single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) segments that are suspended in a fluid medium and then removing the aligned segments from suspension in a way that macroscopic, ordered assemblies of SWNT are formed. The invention is further directed to controlling the natural proclivity or nanotube segments to self assemble into or ordered structures by modifying the environment of the nanotubes and the history of that environment prior to and during the process. The materials and objects are “macroscopic” in that they are large enough to be seen without the aid of a microscope or of the dimensions of such objects. These macroscopic ordered SWNT materials and objects have the remarkable physical, electrical, and chemical properties that SWNT exhibit on the microscopic scale because they are comprised of nanotubes, each of which is aligned in the same direction and in contact with its nearest neighbors. An ordered assembly of closest SWNT also serves as a template for growth of more and larger ordered assemblies. An ordered assembly further serves as a foundation for post processing treatments that modify the assembly internally to specifically enhance selected material properties such as shear strength, tensile strength, compressive strength, toughness, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及包括对准的纳米管段的宏观材料和物体的产生。 本发明需要将悬浮在流体介质中的单壁碳纳米管(SWNT)段对准,然后以形成SWNT的宏观有序组件的方式从悬浮液中除去对准的段。 本发明进一步涉及通过在工艺之前和期间修改纳米管的环境和该环境的历史来控制天然倾向或纳米管段自组装成或有序的结构。 材料和物体是“宏观的”,因为它们足够大以便在没有显微镜或这些物体的尺寸的情况下被看到。 这些宏观有序的SWNT材料和物体具有卓越的物理,电学和化学性质,SWNT在微观尺度上显示,因为它们由纳米管组成,其中每个纳米管沿相同方向对齐并与其最近的邻近物接触。 最近的SWNT的有序组件也可以作为增加更多和更大订单组件的模板。 订购的组件还用作后处理处理的基础,其在内部改变组件以特异性地增强选定的材料性能,例如剪切强度,抗拉强度,抗压强度,韧性,导电性和导热性。

    Process for making single-wall carbon nanotubes utilizing refractory particles

    公开(公告)号:US07138100B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-11-21

    申请号:US10300135

    申请日:2002-11-20

    IPC分类号: D01C5/00

    摘要: A continuous gas-phase method for producing single-wall carbon nanotubes at high catalyst productivity and high yield is disclosed. The method involves the use of a novel in-situ formed catalyst to initiate and grow single-wall carbon nanotubes using a carbon-containing feedstock in a high temperature and pressure process. The catalyst comprises in-situ-generated transition metal particles in contact with in-situ-generated refractory particles. The population of nucleating sites for single-wall carbon nanotubes is enhanced due to the ease of formation of a population of refractory particles. These, in turn, improve the nucleation and stability of the transition metal particles that grow on them. The larger number of transition metal particles translate into a larger number of sites for single-wall carbon nanotube production. The higher catalyst yields provide a means for obtaining higher purity single-wall carbon nanotubes.

    Method for cutting single-wall carbon nanotubes through fluorination
    19.
    发明授权
    Method for cutting single-wall carbon nanotubes through fluorination 失效
    通过氟化法切割单壁碳纳米管的方法

    公开(公告)号:US07029646B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-04-18

    申请号:US10408886

    申请日:2003-04-08

    IPC分类号: D01F9/12

    摘要: A method for cutting single-wall carbon nanotubes involves partially fluorinating single-wall carbon nanotubes and pyrolyzing the partially fluorinated nanotubes in an inert atmosphere or vacuum up to about 1000° C. The nanotubes are optionally purified before cutting. The partial fluorination involves fluorinating the nanotubes to a carbon-fluorine stoichiometry of CFx, where x is up to about 0.3. The invention also relates to the derivatization of fluorinated and cut single-wall carbon nanotubes. The single-wall carbon nanotubes can be cut to any length depending on the fluorination and pyrolysis conditions. Short nanotubes are useful in various applications, such as field emitters for flat panel displays and as “seeds” for further nanotube growth.

    摘要翻译: 用于切割单壁碳纳米管的方法涉及部分氟化单壁碳纳米管并在惰性气氛或真空中高达约1000℃热解部分氟化的纳米管。在切割之前,任选地提纯纳米管。 部分氟化涉及将纳米管氟化为CF x的碳氟化学计量,其中x为约0.3。 本发明还涉及氟化和切割的单壁碳纳米管的衍生化。 根据氟化和热解条件,可以将单壁碳纳米管切割成任何长度。 短纳米管在各种应用中是有用的,例如用于平板显示器的场发射器和用于进一步的纳米管生长的“种子”。

    Process for purifying single-wall carbon nanotubes and compositions thereof
    20.
    发明授权
    Process for purifying single-wall carbon nanotubes and compositions thereof 有权
    单壁碳纳米管纯化方法及其组合物

    公开(公告)号:US06752977B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-06-22

    申请号:US10068907

    申请日:2002-02-08

    IPC分类号: D01F912

    摘要: The present invention relates to a process for the purification of single-wall carbon nanotubes and the purified single-wall carbon nanotube material. Known methods of single-wall carbon nanotube production result in a single-wall carbon nanotube product that contains single-wall carbon nanotubes in addition to impurities including residual metal catalyst particles and amounts of small amorphous carbon sheets that surround the catalyst particles and appear on the sides of the single-wall carbon nanotubes and “ropes” of single-wall carbon nanotubes. The purification process removes the extraneous carbon as well as metal-containing residual catalyst particles. The process employs steps including a gas-phase oxidation of the amorphous carbon and subsequent liquid-phase reaction of a halogen-containing acid with the metal-containing species. Optionally, the single-wall carbon nanotube material may be annealed dry or in the presence of moisture. The present invention provides a scalable means for producing high-purity single-wall carbon nanotube material.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及纯化单壁碳纳米管和纯化的单壁碳纳米管材料的方法。 单壁碳纳米管生产的已知方法导致单壁碳纳米管产物,除了包含残留金属催化剂颗粒的杂质和围绕催化剂颗粒的小的无定形碳片的含量之外,还包含单壁碳纳米管,并出现在 单壁碳纳米管的侧面和单壁碳纳米管的“绳索”。 净化过程除去外来碳以及含金属的残留催化剂颗粒。 该方法采用包括无定形碳的气相氧化和随后的含卤素酸与含金属物质的液相反应的步骤。 任选地,单壁碳纳米管材料可以是干燥的或在水分存在下退火的。 本发明提供了用于生产高纯度单壁碳纳米管材料的可伸缩手段。