公开(公告)号：US20050169830A1

公开(公告)日：2005-08-04

申请号：US10759356

申请日：2004-01-16

申请人： Smalley Richard ,  Daniel Colbert ,  Kenneth Smith ,  Deron Walters ,  Michael Casavant ,  Chad Huffman ,  Boris Yakobson ,  Robert Hauge ,  Rajesh Saini ,  Wan-Ting Chiang ,  Xiao Qin

发明人： Smalley Richard ,  Daniel Colbert ,  Kenneth Smith ,  Deron Walters ,  Michael Casavant ,  Chad Huffman ,  Boris Yakobson ,  Robert Hauge ,  Rajesh Saini ,  Wan-Ting Chiang ,  Xiao Qin

IPC分类号： C01B31/02 ,  H01J1/304 ,  H01J9/02 ,  D01F9/12 ,  H05F3/00

CPC分类号： B82Y40/00 ,  B82Y10/00 ,  B82Y30/00 ,  C01B32/168 ,  C01B2202/02 ,  C01B2202/08 ,  H01J2201/30469 ,  Y10S977/75 ,  Y10S977/845 ,  Y10S977/847 ,  Y10T156/10

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 of nanotube segments to self assemble into 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过程之前和过程中修改纳米管的环境和该环境的历史来控制纳米管段的自然倾向自我组装成有序结构。 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材料和物体具有显着的物理，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排列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。

公开(公告)号：US20140317790A1

公开(公告)日：2014-10-23

申请号：US13999614

申请日：2014-03-12

申请人： Aleksander Labuda ,  Jason Cleveland ,  Deron Walters ,  Roger Proksch

发明人： Aleksander Labuda ,  Jason Cleveland ,  Deron Walters ,  Roger Proksch

IPC分类号： G01Q20/02

CPC分类号： G01Q20/02 ,  G01Q60/38

摘要： This invention relates to an optical light beam positioning system that enables the combination of two or more light beams of different wavelengths to be focused onto a probe or sample of a scientific instrument, such as an atomic force microscope, for a number of specific uses typical to AFMs, like measuring the deflection or oscillation of the probe and illuminating an object for optical imaging, and less traditional ones like photothermal excitation of the probe, photothermal activated changes in the sample, photothermal cleaning of the probe and photochemical, photovoltaic, photothermal and other light beam induced changes in the sample. The focused light beams may be independently positioned relative to each other.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种光束定位系统，其能够将两个或更多个不同波长的光束的组合聚焦在诸如原子力显微镜的科学仪器的探针或样品上，用于典型的特定用途 对AFM进行测量，例如测量探头的偏转或振荡并照亮光学成像对象，较少传统的像探针的光热激发，样品中的光热激活变化，探针的光热清洗和光化学，光电，光热和 其他光束诱发样品的变化。 聚焦光束可以相对于彼此独立地定位。

公开(公告)号：US20140223612A1

公开(公告)日：2014-08-07

申请号：US13759316

申请日：2013-02-05

申请人： Roger Proksch ,  Mario Viani ,  Jason Cleveland ,  Maarten Rutgers ,  Matthew Klonowski ,  Deron Walters ,  James Hodgson ,  Jonathan Hensel ,  Paul Costales

发明人： Roger Proksch ,  Mario Viani ,  Jason Cleveland ,  Maarten Rutgers ,  Matthew Klonowski ,  Deron Walters ,  James Hodgson ,  Jonathan Hensel ,  Paul Costales

IPC分类号： G01Q10/00

CPC分类号： G01Q10/02 ,  B82Y35/00 ,  G01Q10/04 ,  G01Q20/02 ,  G01Q30/18

摘要： A modular AFM/SPM which provides faster measurements, in part through the use of smaller probes, of smaller forces and movements, free of noise artifacts, that the old generations of these devices have increasingly been unable to provide. The modular AFM/SPM includes a chassis, the foundation on which the modules of the instrument are supported; a view module providing the optics for viewing the sample and the probe; a head module providing the components for the optical lever arrangement and for steering and focusing those components; a scanner module providing the XYZ translation stage that actuates the sample in those dimensions and the engage mechanism; a isolation module that encloses the chassis and provides acoustic and/or thermal isolation for the instrument and an electronics module which, together with the separate controller, provide the electronics for acquiring and processing images and controlling the other functions of the instrument. All these modules and many of their subassemblies are replaceable and potentially upgradeable. This allows updating to new technology as it becomes available.

摘要翻译： 模块化AFM / SPM，通过使用较小的探头，通过使用更小的力和运动，无需噪声伪影，这些设备的旧一代越来越无法提供更快的测量。 模块化AFM / SPM包括一个底盘，支持仪器模块的基础; 提供用于观察样品和探针的光学元件的视图模块; 提供用于光学杠杆装置的部件并用于转向和聚焦这些部件的头部模块; 提供XYZ平移台的扫描仪模块，其驱动那些尺寸的样品和接合机构; 隔离模块，其包围机箱并为仪器提供声学和/或热隔离;以及电子模块，其与单独的控制器一起提供用于获取和处理图像并控制仪器的其它功能的电子装置。 所有这些模块及其许多子组件都是可替换的，并且可以升级。 这允许在新技术变得可用时更新新技术。