US Patent Issued to INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA COOPERATION GROUP OF SEJONG UNIVERSITY on Oct. 7 for "Boron-doped carbon nanotubes synthesized by arc discharge and method of manufacturing the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,972, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA COOPERATION GROUP OF SEJONG UNIVERSITY (South Korea).

"Boron-doped carbon nanotubes synthesized by arc discharge and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Nae Sung Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Syed Muhammad Zain Mehdi (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a multi-wall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) formed using arc discharge and a method for manufacturing the same. The carbon source of the anode and boron that is the doping source, are evaporated through arc discharge and then deposited on the surface of the cathode to form MWCNTs, and boron is ev...