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| An important technical challenge facing the world is providing clean, affordable energy, whose supply is sustainable and universally available. A key technical component of a highly efficient power grid is power cables (quantum conductors) with which to rewire the electrical transmission grid, and enable continental, and even worldwide electrical energy transport. One material that offers a potential technical solution for low loss power cables is the armchair SWNT. If SWNT amplification can be moved from demonstration to a complete process then the ability to manufacture quantum wire conductors can be a reality. Using chemically functionalized SWNTs we have synthesized catalyst-SWNT complexes (SWNT-cat) with a range of catalyst precursors, and demonstrated re-growth of the SWNT. Issues to be resolved in the scale-up of this process will be discussed. |
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SWNTs From Synthesis to Application, From the Lab to the Fab: In Memory of Dr. Richard Smalley
1:30 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday, 12 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Room 306, Oral
Presidential Event |