Fabrication
Fabricating materials with nano-sized components is not so easy. Manipulating these tiny items requires patience and special techniques. These methods are constantly being developed and modified. (RDC 4/16/2009)
Recent US Patents
To go to the text version of the patent, click on US Patent Number Search and enter the patent number in the search box. 2/3/2009 7,485,678 Process for producing carbon nanotube reinforced composite material 10/21/2008 7,438,844 Thermal interface material and method for manufacturing same
Recent Journal Articles
To get to the abstract or article, copy the citation and paste it into favorite search engine (ex. Google). The date is the date the entry was found. 3/13/2009 Improving the dispersion and interfaces in polymer-carbon nanotube nanocomposites by sample preparation choice (p 1747-1759) Journal of Polymer Science B: Polymer Physics 46, #16 (2008) 2/20/2009 Fabrication of transparent conductive carbon nanotubes/polyurethane-urea composite films by solvent evaporation-induced self-assembly (EISA) (645-650) Composites Science and Technology 69 #5 (2009) 2/13/2009 Synthesis of Carbon-Nanotube Composites Using Supercritical Fluids and Their Potential Applications (p 825-829) Advanced Materials 21 #7 (2009)
Review Articles
To get to the abstract and the article, open up your internet search engine and copy the title to the search box. Once on the Journal's website, find the year and issue. Then scroll to the article. The date is the date of the entry made on this page.
Editor's Notes
As the literature is reviewed, and items of interest concerning this topic are found. These may be added in an abbreviated form with the reference. Readers and contributors are invited to add their own notes. Contributors may add them directly and other readers can simply send their notes to the editor, Roger Corneliussen at rcorneliussen@4spe.org. He may edit and add them to this page at his discretion.