Electrical conductors comprising single-wall carbon nanotubes
AssigneeWilliam Marsh Rice University
InventorsRichard E. Smalley, Daniel T. Colbert, Ting Guo, Andrew G. Rinzler, Pavel Nikolaev, Andreas Thess
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Abstract
The present invention concerns electrical conductors comprising armchair single-wall carbon nanotubes. Such electrical conductors made by the invention are metallic, i.e., they will conduct electrical charges with a relatively low resistance. The amount of armchair single-wall carbon nanotubes in the electrical conductor can be greater than 10%, greater than 30%, greater than 50%, greater than 75%, and greater than 90%, of the single-wall carbon nanotubes in the electrical conductor.
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An electrical conductor comprising single-wall carbon nanotubes, wherein at least 10% of the single-wall carbon nanotubes in the electrical conductor are armchair single-wall carbon nanotubes.
An electrical conductor comprising single-wall carbon nanotubes, wherein at least 10% of the single-wall carbon nanotubes in the electrical conductor are metallic single-wall carbon nanotubes.
An electrical conductor comprising single-wall carbon nanotubes, wherein the resistivity of the electrical conductor is at most about 1 micro ohm·meter.
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