US Patent Issued on June 16 for "Composite carbon nanotube structures" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,535, issued on June 16.

"Composite carbon nanotube structures" was invented by Paul Kladitis (Clayton, Ohio), Brian Rice (Dayton, Ohio) and Lingchuan Li (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for making a carbon nanotube structure includes forming a composite by depositing or growing carbon nanotubes onto a metal substrate, and infusing the carbon nanotubes. In other aspects, a method of making a wire, includes coating carbon nanotubes on a wire, and electroplating the carbon nanotubes. In still other aspects, a method of making a conductor includes growing or depositing vertically aligned carbon nanotubes on a sheet. ...