Patent ID: 8263037
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: B82Y,C01B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for producing carbon nanostructures, the method including: (a) maintaining a volume of reactant liquid having an energy level sufficient to (i) liberate a respective carbon ion from a respective acetylene molecule in a stream of acetylene molecules placed in the volume of reactant liquid, and to (ii) place the respective liberated carbon ion in an excited state; (b) maintaining a collection area immediately above a surface of the volume of reactant liquid; (c) injecting a stream of acetylene molecules into the volume of reactant liquid to liberate a respective carbon ion in an excited state from at least some of the acetylene molecules in the stream of acetylene molecules; (d) collecting carbon nanostructures in the collection area as carbon ions in the excited state traverse the surface of the volume of reactant liquid and enter the collection area; and (e) removing the carbon nanostructures from the collection area.