Including Coating Patents (Class 977/857)
  • Apparatus, materials, and methods for fabrication and catalysis
    Patent number: 7098056
    Abstract: A method for producing carbon nanotubes, the method comprising: (a) providing a substrate with a top surface, (b) forming an island of catalyst material on the top surface using a tip having a patterning compound thereon, (c) heating the substrate and catalyst island, and (d) contacting the catalyst island with a carbon-containing gas for a period of time sufficient to form the nanotubes on the catalyst island.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Nanoink, Inc.
    Inventor: Linette Demers