ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,172, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to KORBON Co. LTD. (Gangneung-si, South Korea).
"Method for continuous production of carbon nanotubes" was invented by Hee Chung Hwang (Gangneung-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method for the continuous production of carbon nanotubes, the method comprising: a mixture preparing step for mixing and stirring a solvent, a metal salt, a surfactant, a reducing agent, and a function improving agent to prepare an emulsion mixture; a gaseous mixture forming step for mixing the emulsion mixture with a carrier gas to form a gas phase mixture; and a reacting s...