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HiPCO®
HiPCO® was invented at Rice University under the guidance of Nobel Laureate, Dr.Richard Smalley. NoPo's co-founder Dr.Robert Kelley Bradley was the PhD student that built and fine-tuned the first reactors. HiPCO® was reengineered and revived in 2011 under the guidance of NoPo’s co-founders Gadhadar Reddy and Dr.Kelley Bradley in Bangalore.
HiPCO Raw (as produced) in a snapshot
Our Products
HiPCO® is considered benchmark Nanotube and is used in applications where specific, repeatable properties are required.
At NoPo we have established the continuous process to manufacture single-walled carbon nanotubes of such small diameters in bulk.
The G band of the Raman signature of NoPo HiPCO
TGA Plot of NoPo HiPCO
Advantages offered by small diameter NoPo SWCNT
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Smaller diameters are easier to disperse and stay in a dispersion longer.
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Small Diameter Nanotubes have the highest tensile strength.
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SWCNT properties are precisely defined unlike MWCNT. This leads to a more consistent product.
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Fe is easy to remove using our proprietary Halogenation process. It is not practical to remove all the other catalyst components such as Co, Bimetal, etc. Present in other commercially available nanotubes.
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We have developed methods to functionalize and disperse Nanotubes in most common solvents. Due to high consistency of product. Results remain same from batch to batch.