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US 2024/0200234 A1Published application
Systems and methods for fiber zone-drawing and/or zone-annealing
AssigneeRowan University
InventorsMatthew Flamini, Vince Beachley
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Abstract
In one aspect, the present disclosure is related to system and method of manufacturing nanomaterials and particularly to system and method for zone-drawing and/or zone-annealing fibers.
Claims26
A system for manipulating fibers, the system comprising:
- a first collection surface and a second collection surface, each having a proximate end and a distal end, wherein the proximate ends define a proximate gap, and the distal ends define a distal gap;
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- a radiation source adapted and configured to project radiation through a least a portion of a distance defined between the proximate gap and the distal gap.
A method of zone-annealing or zone-carbonization fibers, the method comprising:
- depositing a first end of a fiber onto a proximate end of a first collection surface and a second end of the fiber onto a proximate end of a second collection surface;
- transporting the fiber distally away from the proximate end of the first collection surface and the proximate end of the second collection surface;
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- projecting radiation onto a section of the fiber via a radiation source, wherein the section receiving the radiation is dependent on a position of the fiber with respect to the proximate end of the first collection surface and the proximate end of the second collection surface during the transporting.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.