| US 7,488,455 B2 | ||
| Apparatus for the production of carbon nanotubes | ||
| Liming Dai, Hudson, Ohio (US); Shaoming Huang, Glen Waverley (Australia); Oddvar Johansen, Somerville (Australia); Albert Mau, Glen Waverley (Australia); Ernst Hammel, Vienna (Austria); and Xinhe Tang, Vienna (Austria) | ||
| Assigned to Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Campbell, Australian Capital Territory (Australia) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 17, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/487,510. | ||
| Application 11/487510 is a division of application No. 10/474066, abandoned, previously published as PCT/AU02/00437, filed on Apr. 04, 2002. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. PR4217/01 (AU), filed on Apr. 04, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2009/0010822 A1, Jan. 08, 2009 | ||
| Int. Cl. C09C 1/00 (2006.01); C23C 16/26 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 422—150 [423/447.3; 427/593] | 15 Claims |
| 1. A reactor for preparing carbon nanotubes comprising:
a reaction chamber,
at least one support means located within said reaction chamber capable of supporting a substrate, said substrate being capable
of supporting carbon nanotube growth,
at least one heating element located within said reaction chamber capable of providing localized heating to said substrate
within said reaction chamber and wherein the at least one heating element also acts as the at least one support means for
the substrate,
means for passing a gaseous carbonaceous material into said reaction chamber such that it passes over and contacts said substrate.
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