Spherical carbon nanostructure and method for producing spherical carbon nanostructures
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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.
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Abstract
A method for producing carbon nanostructures according to the invention includes injecting acetylene gas into a reactant liquid. The injected acetylene molecules are then maintained in contact with the reactant liquid for a period of time sufficient to break the carbon-hydrogen bonds in at least some of the acetylene molecules, and place the liberated carbon ions in an excited state. The liberated carbon ions in the excited state then traverse a surface of the reactant liquid and enter a collection area where carbon ions combine to produce carbon nanostructures.
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1. A method for producing carbon nanostructures, the method including:
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(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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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