Tuesday, May 15, 2007

US Patent 7217374 - Carbon nanotube mesh resistor

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7217374.html

This patent from Fuji Xerox proposes improved resistor material formed using carbon nanotubes including cross-linking the nanotubes via a polymerization reaction. Claim 1 reads:

1. A resistance element comprising an electrical resistance body consisting of a patterned carbon nanotube structure having a mesh structure, in which plural carbon nanotubes are cross-linked to one another through cross-linked sites.

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