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Production of Magnesium and Aluminum-Magnesium Alloys from Recycled Secondary Aluminum Scrap Melts
An experimental proof of concept was demonstrated for a patent-pending and trademark-pending RE12™ process for extracting a desired amount of Mg from recycled scrap secondary Al melts. Mg was extracted by elec...
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Production of Magnesium and Aluminum-Magnesium Alloys from Recycled Secondary Aluminum Scrap Melts
An experimental proof of concept was demonstrated for a patent1 and trademark2-pending RE-12™ process for extracting a desired amount of Mg from recycled scrap secondary Al melts. Mg was extracted by electrorefin...
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Neutron Spectroscopy of Carbon nano-Materials
Vibrational spectra for single wall carbon nanotubes, double wall carbon nanotubes, single wall carbon nanohorns and C60-peapods have been measured with inelastic neutron scattering in a wide range of energy tran...
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Structure and Dynamics of Water Adsorbed in Carbon Nanotubes: A Joint Neutron-Scattering and Molecular-Dynamics Study
The advent of nanocarbons, from single- and multiple-walled nanotubes to nanohorns, avails model studies of confined molecules on the nanoscale. Water encapsulated inside the quasi-one-dimensional channels of ...
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Aligned Carbon-Nanotubes for Sensor Applications
Aligned carbon nanotube electrode arrays have been grown on silicon microchips for sensor applications. The arrays have been demonstrated for the application as electrochemical micro-analytical sensors. The el...
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Fullerene Materials for Lithium-ion Battery Applications
Novel and high-performance anode materials based on modified fullerene materials, for lithium-ion rechargeable batteries were developed. The technical feasibility of lithium-ion intercalation and de-intercalat...
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Commercial Production of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes
It has been slightly over ten years since the development of a way to produce macroscopic quantities of fullerene, and the related discovery of fullerene nanotubes. As a result, over 1500 worldwide patents hav...
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Ablative and Flame-Retardant Properties of Fullerenes
The novel applications of C 60 /dC 70 fullerenes (buckyballs) as ablative cooling and flameretardant materials were investigated. Based on experimental...
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Hydrogenation of Alkali Metal-Doped Fullerenes
This paper presents theoretical analysis and summarizes experimental results of hydrogenation of alkali metal-doped fullerene compounds with modified electronic structure. It is shown that the charge transfer ...
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Use of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes for Fabrication of Efficient Electron Field Emitters
This chapter presents the recent results in fabrication of efficient electron field emitters using fullerenes and carbon nanotubes. The concept of electron field emitters encompasses nanocrystalline-diamond-co...
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Nanotubes as Anode Material for Lithium-ion Batteries
Carbon nanotubes including arc multi-walled nanotubes (arc-MWNT), arc- and laser-produced single-walled nanotubes (SWNT), and catalytically grown multi-walled nanotubes (vapor grown, VG, and chemical vapor dep...
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Carbon Nanotube-Polycarbonate Composites
Carbon nanotubes were investigated as high-performance reinforcement for polymer composites. The inherently superior mechanical properties of nanotubes coupled with the high interfacial surface areas available...
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Ablative and Flame-Retardant Properties of Fullerenes
The novel applications of C60/C70 fullerenes (buckyballs) as ablative cooling and flame-retardant materials were investigated. Based on experimental results, it was shown that due to the high heat of sublimation ...
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Hydrogenation of Alkali Metal-Doped Fullerenes
This paper presents theoretical analysis and summarizes experimental results of hydrogenation of alkali metal-doped fullerene compounds with modified electronic structure. It is shown that the charge transfer ...
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Use of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes for Fabrication of Efficient Electron Field Emitters
This chapter presents the recent results in fabrication of efficient electron field emitters using fullerenes and carbon nanotubes. The concept of electron field emitters encompasses nanocrystalline-diamond-co...
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Nanotubes as Anode Material for Lithium-ion Batteries
Carbon nanotubes including arc multi-walled nanotubes (arc-MWNT), arc- and laser-produced single-walled nanotubes (SWNT), and catalytically grown multi-walled nanotubes (vapor grown, VG, and chemical vapor dep...
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Carbon Nanotube—Polycarbonate Composites
Carbon nanotubes were investigated as high-performance reinforcement for polymer composites. The inherently superior mechanical properties of nanotubes coupled with the high interfacial surface areas available...
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Chapter
Commercial Production of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes
It has been slightly over ten years since the development of a way to produce macroscopic quantities of fullerene, and the related discovery of fullerene nanotubes. As a result, over 1500 worldwide patents hav...
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Advanced Thermal Protection Coating Using Fullerenes
The new application of fullerenes (buckyballs) as an advanced thermal protection material was investigated. Based on experimental results, it was shown that due to low thermal conductivity and high emissivity,...
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Gas-Phase Hydrogenation of Fullerenes
This chapter summarizes the experimental results of gas-phase hydrogenation of fullerenes to demonstrate their potential as a high-capacity hydrogen-storage material. Based on the obtained data, practically im...
