US Patent Issued to NEC, MEIJO UNIVERSITY on Sept. 16 for "Carbon nanotube separation method and separation apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,729, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo) and MEIJO UNIVERSITY (Nagoya, Japan).

"Carbon nanotube separation method and separation apparatus" was invented by Ryota Yuge (Tokyo) and Sumio Iijima (Aichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The object of the present invention is to provide a separation method and a separation apparatus for carbon nanotubes capable of separating a mixture of carbon nanotubes in a highly efficient, inexpensive and simple manner. The present invention relates to a carbon nanotube separation method comprising: a step of preparing a dispersion liquid including a mixture of two or more types...