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US 11,939,671 B2Granted
Quantum printing nanostructures within carbon nanopores
AssigneeQuantum Elements Development Inc.
InventorsChristopher J. Nagel, Chris Leo Brodeur
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Abstract
The invention includes apparatus and methods for instantiating and quantum printing materials, such as elemental metals, in a nanoporous carbon powder.
Claims29
A process of instantiating an elemental metal within an ultramicro pore of a nanoporous carbon powder composition comprising the steps of:
- (i) initiating a gas flow in a reactor assembly (RA) comprising:
- a) a gas inlet and one or more gas outlets;
- b) a reactor chamber containing a nanoporous carbon material disposed within a reactor cup and covered with a reactor cap;
- c) a first porous frit defining a floor of the reactor chamber disposed within the reactor cup;
- d) a second porous frit defining the ceiling of the reactor chamber and disposed below the reactor cap;
- wherein each porous frit has a porosity that is sufficient to allow a gas to permeate into the reactor chamber and contain a nanoporous carbon material;
- e) a reactor head space disposed above the reactor cap;
- f) a foil disposed between the reactor chamber and reactor cup, wherein the foil envelops the reactor cup;
- g) an x-ray source configured to expose the reactor head space to x-rays;
- h) one or more lasers configured to direct a laser towards a frit and/or through the reactor chamber;
- i) 2, 3, 4, 5 or more reactor assembly (RA) coils each RA coil independently comprising a wire winding surrounding the reactor chamber and/or reactor head space operably connected to one or more RA frequency generators and one or more power supplies;
- j) 2, 3, 4, 5 or more pairs of RA lamps wherein the pairs of RA lamps are disposed circumferentially around the RA coils and define a space between the pairs of RA lamps and the RA coils;
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- k) a computer processing unit configured to control the power supply, and frequency generator;
- (ii) independently powering each RA coil to a first electromagnetic energy level;
- (iii) powering the one or more RA frequency generators and applying a frequency to each RA coil;
- (iv) independently powering each RA lamp;
- (v) independently powering each laser;
- (vi) powering the x-ray source;
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- (vii) subjecting the nanoporous carbon powder to harmonic electromagnetic resonance in ultramicropores of the nanoporous carbon powder to instantiate an elemental metal nanostructure in a nanopore.
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