Patents Assigned to Fullerene International Corporation
  • Diamond/diamond-like carbon coated nanotube structures for efficient electron field emission
    Patent number: 6882094
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a nanotube coated with diamond or diamond-like carbon, a field emitter cathode comprising same, and a field emitter comprising the cathode. It is also directed to a method of preventing the evaporation of carbon from a field emitter comprising a cathode comprised of nanotubes by coating the nanotube with diamond or diamond-like carbon. In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a method of preventing the evaporation of carbon from an electron field emitter comprising a cathode comprised of nanotubes, which method comprises coating the nanotubes with diamond or diamond-like carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Fullerene International Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Dimitrijevic, James C. Withers, Raouf O. Loutfy
  • Diamond/carbon nanotube structures for efficient electron field emission
    Publication number: 20010024078
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a nanotube coated with diamond or diamond-like carbon, a field emitter cathode comprising same, and a field emitter comprising the cathode. It is also directed to a method of preventing the evaporation of carbon from a field emitter comprising a cathode comprised of nanotubes by coating the nanotube with diamond or diamond-like carbon. In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a method of preventing the evaporation of carbon from an electron field emitter comprising a cathode comprised of nanotubes, which method comprises coating the nanotubes with diamond or diamond-like carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Applicant: FULLERENE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stevan Dimitrijevic, James C. Withers, Raouf O. Loutfy