Device and method for producing nanotubes
AssigneeBeneq Oy
InventorsMarkku Rajala, Pekka Soininen, Anssi Hovinen, Jari Sinkko
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for producing nanotubes, the apparatus being adapted to produce doped and/or undoped single-walled or multi-walled nanotubes, the apparatus comprising at least a thermal reactor. In accordance with the invention, the reactor is at least of the hottest part thereof and at least partly manufactured from a material that is at least partly sublimed into the thermal reactor as a result of the thermal reactor being heated, and the sublimed material at least partly participates in the growth of the nanotubes.
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A method for producing doped and/or undoped single-walled or multi-walled nanotubes, comprising:
- heating a thermal reactor, wherein the thermal reactor is manufactured from a heating material that is at least partly sublimed into the thermal reactor as a result of the heating, and the sublimed material at least partly participates in a growth of nanotubes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.