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Richard E. Smalley
Also filed as: HUFFMAN CHAD B · MAREK LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE IRE · SMALLEY RICHARD E
80 granted patents·10 pending applications·9,044 citations·filing 1991–2009
99Inventor score
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90 records- 0199US7510695B2Method for forming a patterned array of fullerene nanotubesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 31, 2009·103 cites·8 claims
- 0299US7419651B2Method for producing self-assembled objects comprising fullerene nanotubes and compositions thereofUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 2, 2008·69 cites·35 claims
- 0399US7354563B2Method for purification of as-produced fullerene nanotubesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 8, 2008·73 cites·13 claims
- 0499US7108841B2Method for forming a patterned array of single-wall carbon nanotubesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 19, 2006·139 cites·8 claims
- 0599US7105596B2Methods for producing composites of single-wall carbon nanotubes and compositions thereofUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 12, 2006·261 cites·39 claims
- 0699US7097820B2Continuous fiber of single-wall carbon nanotubesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 29, 2006·116 cites·7 claims
- 0799US7071406B2Array of single-wall carbon nanotubesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 4, 2006·150 cites·14 claims
- 0899US7067098B2Method for forming an array of single -wall carbon nanotubes and compositions thereofUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 27, 2006·93 cites·30 claims
- 0999US7048903B2Macroscopically manipulable nanoscale devices made from nanotube assembliesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2001·Granted May 23, 2006·119 cites·33 claims
- 1099US7041620B2Method for producing a catalyst support and compositions thereofUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2001·Granted May 9, 2006·149 cites·5 claims
- 1199US7008604B2Method for cutting nanotubesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 7, 2006·119 cites·25 claims
- 1299US6986876B2Method for forming composites of sub-arrays of single-wall carbon nanotubesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 17, 2006·163 cites·10 claims
- 1399US6979709B2Continuous fiber of single-wall carbon nanotubesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 27, 2005·217 cites·32 claims
- 1499US6936233B2Method for purification of as-produced single-wall carbon nanotubesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 30, 2005·184 cites·21 claims
- 1599US6899945B2Entangled single-wall carbon nanotube solid material and methods for making sameUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2003·Granted May 31, 2005·283 cites·24 claims
- 1699US6756026B2Method for growing continuous carbon fiber and compositions thereofUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 29, 2004·120 cites·47 claims
- 1799US6749827B2Method for growing continuous fiberUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 15, 2004·240 cites·28 claims
- 1899US6683783B1Carbon fibers formed from single-wall carbon nanotubesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 1998·Granted Jan 27, 2004·433 cites·19 claims
- 1999US6183714B1Method of making ropes of single-wall carbon nanotubesRICE UNIVERSITY·Filed 1996·Granted Feb 6, 2001·499 cites·48 claims
- 2098US7655302B2Continuous fiber of fullerene nanotubesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 2, 2010·46 cites·11 claims
- 2198US7632569B2Array of fullerene nanotubesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 15, 2009·66 cites·3 claims
- 2298US7419624B1Methods for producing composites of fullerene nanotubes and compositions thereofUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 2, 2008·78 cites·17 claims
- 2398US7390477B2Fullerene nanotube compositionsUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 24, 2008·93 cites·3 claims
- 2498US7390767B2Method for producing a catalyst support and compositions thereofUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 24, 2008·59 cites·18 claims
- 2598US7205069B2Membrane comprising an array of single-wall carbon nanotubesWILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERISTY·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 17, 2007·192 cites·10 claims
- 2698US7115864B2Method for purification of as-produced single-wall carbon nanotubesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 3, 2006·99 cites·36 claims
- 2798US7087207B2Method for forming an array of single-wall carbon nanotubes in an electric field and compositions thereofUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 8, 2006·68 cites·7 claims
- 2898US7052666B2Method for cutting single-wall carbon nanotubesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2001·Granted May 30, 2006·75 cites·22 claims
- 2998US7048999B2Method for producing self-assembled objects comprising single-wall carbon nanotubes and compositions thereofWIILIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY·Filed 2001·Granted May 23, 2006·198 cites·39 claims
- 3098US6949237B2Method for growing single-wall carbon nanotubes utlizing seed moleculesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 27, 2005·146 cites·6 claims
- 3198US6841139B2Methods of chemically derivatizing single-wall carbon nanotubesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 11, 2005·124 cites·49 claims
- 3298US6645455B2Chemical derivatization of single-wall carbon nanotubes to facilitate solvation thereof; and use of derivatized nanotubes to form catalyst-containing seed materials for use in making carbon fibersUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 11, 2003·217 cites·45 claims
- 3398US5300203AProcess for making fullerenes by the laser evaporation of carbonUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 1991·Granted Apr 5, 1994·205 cites·2 claims
- 3498US5227038AElectric arc process for making fullerenesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 1991·Granted Jul 13, 1993·236 cites·19 claims
- 3597US7481989B2Method for cutting fullerene nanotubesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 27, 2009·29 cites·10 claims
- 3697US7357906B2Method for fractionating single-wall carbon nanotubesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 15, 2008·63 cites·10 claims
- 3797US7204970B2Single-wall carbon nanotubes from high pressure COUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 17, 2007·107 cites·8 claims
- 3897US7125534B1Catalytic growth of single- and double-wall carbon nanotubes from metal particlesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 24, 2006·91 cites·29 claims
- 3997US7074310B2Method for separating single-wall carbon nanotubes and compositions thereofUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2003·Granted Jul 11, 2006·140 cites·62 claims
- 4097US7008563B2Polymer-wrapped single wall carbon nanotubesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 7, 2006·164 cites·53 claims
- 4197US6969504B2Electrical conductors comprising single-wall carbon nanotubesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 29, 2005·84 cites·22 claims
- 4297US6939525B2Method of forming composite arrays of single-wall carbon nanotubes and compositions thereofUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 6, 2005·80 cites·3 claims
- 4397US6824755B2Method for producing a catalyst support and compositions thereofUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 30, 2004·117 cites·27 claims
- 4497US6761870B1Gas-phase nucleation and growth of single-wall carbon nanotubes from high pressure COUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 13, 2004·242 cites·115 claims
- 4597US6756025B2Method for growing single-wall carbon nanotubes utilizing seed moleculesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 29, 2004·174 cites·26 claims
- 4697US6752977B2Process for purifying single-wall carbon nanotubes and compositions thereofUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 22, 2004·146 cites·206 claims
- 4796US7887774B2Methods for selective functionalization and separation of carbon nanotubesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 15, 2011·29 cites·30 claims
- 4896US7780939B2Sidewall derivatized carbon nanotubesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 24, 2010·27 cites·23 claims
- 4996US7338915B1Ropes of single-wall carbon nanotubes and compositions thereofRICE UNIVERSITY·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 4, 2008·75 cites·14 claims
- 5096US7052668B2Process utilizing seeds for making single-wall carbon nanotubesUNIV RICE WILLIAM M·Filed 2002·Granted May 30, 2006·127 cites·56 claims
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