WELDING OF CARBON SINGLE-WALLED NANOTUBES BY MICROWAVE TREATMENT

摘要

Methods and processes for preparing interconnected carbon single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) are disclosed. The SWNTs soot, synthesized by any one of the art methods, is heated to less than about 1250 °C in flowing dry air using the electrical field (E) component of microwave energy. The tubes of the SWNTs thus treated become welded and interconnected.