AN ENHANCED NANOSTRUCTURE COMPOSITE AND A METHOD FOR ENHANCING A NANOSTRUCTURE

• Main Authors: HART ANASTASIOS JOHN, WARDLE BRIAN L, ALEXANDER HENRY SLOCUM, GARCIA ENRIQUE J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 26.04.2018
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT THEREOF; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; METALLURGY; NANOSTRUCTURES FORMED BY MANIPULATION OF INDIVIDUAL ATOMS,MOLECULES, OR LIMITED COLLECTIONS OF ATOMS OR MOLECULES ASDISCRETE UNITS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TRANSPORTING; USE OF INORGANIC OR NON-MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIC SUBSTANCES ASCOMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for uniformly growing the nanostructure such as a nanotube (for example, a carbon nanotube) on a surface of a substrate, where the method can substantially align a long axis of the nanostructure.SOLUTION: The nanostructure can be further treated for using in various applications such as composite material. For example, a set of the aligned nanostructures can be bulk-formed or can be formed on another surface and transferred to another material, in order to enhance property of the material. In some cases, the nanostructure can enhance the mechanical property of the material, such as by providing mechanical reinforcement to an interface between two materials or layers. In some cases, the nanostructure can enhance temperature property and/or electronic property of the material. The present invention also provides a system and the methods for growing nanostructure, including batch treating and continuous treating.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1-1 【課題】ナノ構造の長軸が実質的に整列され得る、基板の表面にナノチューブ（例えば、カーボンナノチューブ）等のナノ構造を均一に成長させるための方法を提供すること。【解決手段】ナノ構造は、複合材料等の種種の用途に使用するためにさらに処理できる。例えば、一組の整列したナノ構造は、材料の特性を強化するために、バルク形成または別の表面に形成され、別の材料へ転写できる。場合によっては、ナノ構造は、例えば、２つの材料または層の間にある界面に機械的補強を与える等、材料の機械的性質を強化できる。場合によっては、ナノ構造は、材料の温度特性および／または電子特性を強化できる。本発明は、バッチ処理および連続処理を含む、ナノ構造を成長させるためのシステムおよび方法も提供する。【選択図】図１−１