First Nano Grows Ultra-Long High Purity Aligned Carbon Nanotubes

Santa Barbara, CA, March 28, 2005 – First Nano grows high-density vertically aligned carbon nanotubes over 1 mm long.

First Nano today announced that lab experiments with the EasyTube 2000 System has proven to grow high purity, vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (CNT) over 1 mm long, on silicon substrate using an iron thin film catalyst. The fully automated, high-throughput EasyTube 2000 System is a chemical vapor deposition tool for the synthesis of nanotubes and other nanoscale materials.

"Our system has demonstrated the ability to grow ultra-long and controllable diameter nanotubes,” said Dr. Yi Tu, Principal Research Scientist with First Nano. “The value that these densely formed ultra-long nanoscale strands offers is application development that can be used for composite materials strengthening, rechargeable batteries, filtration systems and electronic devices.”

The process development for growing CNTs is part of a solution package that First Nano offers to customers, and is embedded in preprogrammed recipes in the EasyTube System.

About First Nano

First Nano is a privately held company specializing in the manufacture of nanotechnology instrumentation and providing scientific solutions for nanoscale material synthesis and nanoscience application research.

First Nano was established in May 2003, to develop and manufacture process equipment uniquely suited to nanotechnology applications. Founded by Dr. Virgil Elings, founder of Digital Instruments, Dennis Adderton, formerly of NanoDevices and Digital Instruments, Dr. Stephen Minne of Stanford University and formerly President of NanoDevices, and Cary Chee, formerly of FEI and Veeco, First Nano manufactures the industry’s first innovative turnkey process equipment for the synthesis of a variety of one-dimensional nanostructures and materials.

Note: EasyTube is a registered trademark of First Nano, Inc. All rights reserved.

Source: First Nano

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