US 11,787,691 B2
Continuous process for the production of nanostructures including nanotubes
Anastasios John Hart, Waban, MA (US); Brian L. Wardle, Lexington, MA (US); Enrique J. Garcia, Saragossa (ES); and Alexander H. Slocum, Bow, NH (US)
Assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US)
Filed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 5, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/292,968.
Application 14/858,981 is a division of application No. 12/227,516, granted, now 9,181,639, previously published as PCT/US2007/011914, filed on May 18, 2007.
Application 16/292,968 is a continuation of application No. 15/182,403, filed on Jun. 14, 2016, granted, now 10,265,683.
Application 15/182,403 is a continuation of application No. 14/858,981, filed on Sep. 18, 2015, granted, now 9,394,175.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/802,040, filed on May 19, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2019/0336948 A1, Nov. 7, 2019
Int. Cl. B82B 1/00 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01); D01F 9/127 (2006.01); D01F 9/133 (2006.01); D06M 11/74 (2006.01); D06M 23/08 (2006.01); C01B 32/158 (2017.01); C01B 32/16 (2017.01); C01B 32/162 (2017.01); C01B 32/164 (2017.01); C01B 32/18 (2017.01); B01J 21/04 (2006.01); B01J 23/745 (2006.01)
CPC B82B 1/00 (2013.01) [B01J 21/04 (2013.01); B01J 23/745 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); C01B 32/158 (2017.08); C01B 32/16 (2017.08); C01B 32/162 (2017.08); C01B 32/164 (2017.08); C01B 32/18 (2017.08); D01F 9/127 (2013.01); D01F 9/133 (2013.01); D06M 11/74 (2013.01); D06M 23/08 (2013.01); C01B 2202/08 (2013.01); Y02P 20/582 (2015.11); Y02P 20/584 (2015.11); Y10S 977/742 (2013.01); Y10S 977/843 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
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1. A method of forming a composite, comprising:
applying a mechanical force to a plurality of nano structures arranged in a pattern on a surface of a substrate such that orientations of the nanostructures are changed from a first orientation in which long axes of the nanostructures are not substantially parallel to the surface of the substrate to a second orientation in which the long axes of the nanostructures are substantially parallel to the surface of the substrate;
exposing the plurality of nanostructures to a support material such that the support material enters spaces between the nanostructures; and
hardening the support material to form the composite;
wherein the exposing step occurs while the nanostructures remain in contact with the substrate.