US 6,855,301 B1 · Synthesis method for producing carbon clusters and structured carbon clusters produced thereby

Abstract

The present invention includes carbon synthesis devices and systems. The invention also includes machines and instruments using those aspects of the invention. The present invention also includes methods of carbon synthesis. The present invention includes an array of carbon nanotubes, each nanotube having a longitudinal axis. The nanotubes are placed into an array such that the longitudinal axes of all nanotubes in the array are substantially parallel. The array may be a two-dimensional array or a three-dimensional array. The present invention also includes methods of preparing such carbon molecular clusters and arrays thereof.

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Dependent claims

A method of preparing carbon molecular clusters, said method comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a feedstock comprising at least one carbon precursor material having chemical bonds and being capable of undergoing a reaction so as to provide carbon atoms for the formation of said carbon molecular clusters;
(b) subjecting said carbon precursor material to a non-equilibrium excitation of the vibrational modes of said chemical bonds so as to cause said carbon precursor material to undergo said reaction so as to provide the carbon atoms for the formation of said molecular clusters;
and
(c) allowing said carbon atoms to come into contact with a catalyst so as to form said molecular clusters.

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Synthesis method for producing carbon clusters and structured carbon clusters produced thereby

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Synthesis method for producing carbon clusters and structured carbon clusters produced thereby

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Abstract

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