Method and System for Increasing the Thickness of a Carbon Nanotube Sheet Structure

    公开(公告)号:US20190247799A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-15

    申请号:US16272024

    申请日:2019-02-11

    摘要: A method for increasing the thickness of a sheet of CNTs (146, 147, 246, 346), comprising: providing a wet sheet of CNTs, wherein the sheet of CNTs is either a continuous sheet of CNTs or a portion of sheet of CNTs, wherein the wet sheet of CNTs is the result of applying a process for manufacturing a sheet of CNTs; separating the wet sheet of CNTs from any filter or support element; drying the wet sheet of CNTs (146, 147, 246, 346) by applying heat (15, 25, 35) from a heat source (12, 22, 32). A method for manufacturing a continuous sheet of CNTs, comprising: in a container (41) filled with a liquid solution (42) comprising CNTs at certain concentration, submerging a vacuum tank (43) having a lower surface forming a grillage; moving an elongated filtering membrane (44) along the lower surface of the vacuum tank (43) while vacuum is applied on the elongated filtering membrane (44) in such a way that in the surface of the filtering membrane (44) opposed to the surface in contact with the lower surface of the vacuum tank (43) CNTs are deposited forming a continuous sheet of CNTs (45) of constant thickness; taking the filtering membrane (44) together with the continuous sheet of CNTs (45) out of the container (41); washing the continuous sheet of CNTs (55) disposed on the filtering membrane or on a support element (54) in a second container (51) filled with cleaning solution (52); taking the continuous sheet of CNTs (55) together with the filtering membrane or the support element (54) out of the second container (51); separating the continuous sheet of CNTs (55) from the filtering membrane or the support element (54); drying the continuous sheet of CNTs (55) by applying the method for increasing the thickness of a sheet of CNTs.

    SELF ASSEMBLING BETA-BARREL PROTEINS POSITION NANOTUBES

    公开(公告)号:US20190010054A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-10

    申请号:US16038084

    申请日:2018-07-17

    申请人: Prolume, Ltd.

    发明人: Bruce Bryan

    IPC分类号: C01B32/16 C01B32/158 C12N9/02

    摘要: The present invention relates to the extraordinary properties of recently discovered nanotubes. This disclosure teaches a method for using barrel proteins acting as scaffolds to guide assembly of nanotubes, and using nano-molecular molding jigs to format the nanotubes into stable arrays with the precise geometric architecture desired. This disclosure teaches nanotube technology with principles of protein folding and aggregated self-assembly. In certain embodiments, the disclosure teaches using highly modified barrel proteins to form hydrophobic and hydrophilic channels that guide the nanotubes into their centers, or other geometric patterns utilizing silicone aerogel to form nano-molecular molds, jigs, and surfaces to position nanotubes in precise geometric arrangements and arrays. This disclosure teaches new uses of barrel proteins as self-assembling molding tools to develop new nanometer scaled devices and their uses herein.