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Method and apparatus for producing carbon nanostructures

  • US 7,815,885 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2007
  • Issued: 10/19/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for producing carbon nanostructures, the method including:

  • (a) placing hydrocarbon molecules in contact with a reactant liquid;

    (b) liberating carbon atoms from the hydrocarbon molecules by reaction of the hydrocarbon molecules with the reactant liquid, and placing the liberated carbon atoms in an excited state within the reactant liquid;

    (c) enabling the liberated carbon atoms in the excited state to traverse a surface of the reactant liquid to escape into a collection chamber which defines a collection area above the reactant liquid;

    (d) maintaining conditions in the collection chamber in which the liberated carbon atoms which have traversed the surface of the reactant liquid phase change to a ground state within the collection chamber to produce carbon nanostructures within the collection chamber; and

    (e) removing the carbon nanostructures from the collection chamber.

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