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20090061194 | Transparent electrical conductors prepared from sorted carbon nanotubes and methods of preparing same - Various methods related to the preparation of transparent electrical conductors based on carbon nanotubes having enhanced optical and electrical properties are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods involve employing carbon nanotubes that have been presorted according to electronic type and/or optical absorbance for use in transparent electrical conductors. Other embodiments involve use of carbon nanotube bundles that have been pre-sorted according to bundle density. | 03-05-2009 |
20090085258 | SYSTEM AND METHODS OF LASER ASSISTED FIELD INDUCED OXIDE NANOPATTERNING - A method of forming a nanoscale pattern on a substrate surface. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of providing a substrate having a surface; providing a nanoscale pattern forming device, comprising an elongated cantilever that has a tip portion proximate an end of the elongated cantilever; and controllably illuminating at least the tip portion of the cantilever with a beam of substantially coherent monoenergetic particles when the cantilever moves relative to the substrate to form a nanoscale pattern on the surface, wherein the tip portion of the cantilever is made from lightly doped silicon. | 04-02-2009 |
20090173918 | Separation of carbon nanotubes in density gradients - The separation of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs), by chirality and/or diameter, using centrifugation of compositions of SWNTs in and surface active components in density gradient media. | 07-09-2009 |
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20100230814 | NANOSCALE, SPATIALLY-CONTROLLED GA DOPING OF UNDOPED TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE FILMS - An article of manufacture comprising a nanowire and methods of making the same. In one embodiment, the nanowire includes a Ga-doped trace formed on a surface of an indium oxide layer having a thickness in nano-scale, and wherein the Ga-doped trace is formed with a dimension that has a depth is less than a quarter of the thickness of the indium oxide layer. In one embodiment, the indium oxide layer, which is optically transparent and electrically insulating, comprises an In | 09-16-2010 |
20100258786 | SELF-ASSEMBLED ORGANIC MONOLAYERS ON GRAPHENE AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING - Self-assembled organic monolayers on epitaxial graphene are described. The organic molecules are perylene derivatives including 3,4,9,10-perylene-tetracarboxylic dianhydride (PTCDA) molecules arranged in a herringbone phase and/or molecules are of the following formula: | 10-14-2010 |
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20110155964 | Monodisperse Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Populations and Related Methods for Providing Same - The present teachings provide methods for providing populations of single-walled carbon nanotubes that are substantially monodisperse in terms of diameter, electronic type, and/or chirality. Also provided are single-walled carbon nanotube populations provided thereby and articles of manufacture including such populations. | 06-30-2011 |