Patents by Inventor Timothy P. Lowe

Timothy P. Lowe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • RF plasma method for production of single walled carbon nanotubes
    Patent number: 7052667
    Abstract: Single walled carbon nanotubes are selectively produced to the substantial exclusion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes by subjecting a mixture of solid hydrocarbon, such as coal, and a transition metal catalyst, to heat generated by an RF induction system sufficient to vaporize both the solid hydrocarbon and the catalyst, and thereafter collecting the single walled carbon nanotubes thereby formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Materials and Electrochemical Research (MER) Corporation
    Inventors: Raouf O. Loutfy, Alexander P. Moravsky, Timothy P. Lowe
  • RF plasma method for production of single walled carbon nanotubes
    Publication number: 20030082094
    Abstract: Single walled carbon nanotubes are selectively produced to the substantial exclusion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes by subjecting a mixture of solid hydrocarbon, such as coal, and a transition metal catalyst, to heat generated by an RF induction system sufficient to vaporize both the solid hydrocarbon and the catalyst, and thereafter collecting the single walled carbon nanotubes thereby formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Raouf O. Loutfy, Alexander P. Moravsky, Timothy P. Lowe