Patent ID: 8455055
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: B05D,B82Y,C01B

Abstract:
1. A method for aligning nanotubes, the method comprising: dispersing nanotubes in a solution along a surface of the solution to form a first bath; placing an attachment surface into the first bath at an angle of around ninety degrees relative to a surface of the first bath; removing the attachment surface from the first bath at a first rate to form a covered attachment surface, the first rate sufficient to apply a velocity to the nanotubes in the first bath such that a first plurality of nanotubes align on the attachment surface in a direction that is substantially parallel to the direction at which the attachment surface is removed to form a plurality of aligned nanotubes; rotating the covered attachment surface to form a rotated attachment surface; placing the rotated attachment surface into a second bath; and applying energy to the plurality of aligned nanotubes, the energy sufficient to form a number of links between a first number of nanotubes in the plurality of aligned nanotubes and a second number of nanotubes in the second bath.