Currently my understanding of the process of vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VACNT) carpet construction is as follows:
Building a vertically aligned carbon nanotube carpet is a two-step process. The first step is to create the iron seedbed that forms the template that the VACNT will use to grow. The quality of the carpet is a reflection of the quality of the seedbed, upon which the CNTs will grow. This bed is comprised of a bed of small iron or like nanoparticles in the 1 nanometer size range. The details are given here: http://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/bitstream/10092/2053/1/12611324_carbon-D-08-00606-revised.pdf or http://arxiv.org/pdf/0708.1682.pdf After the carpet is formed, it can be pealed off the growth plate and installed on the conductive substrate. The nanotubes must be long in order to do this. I believe that direct nano pulse DC current stimulation of this conductive substrate is more controllable if not more expensive than the spark plug method. For the context of this statement see the thread “Rossi’s new reactor core design” You can build your own Compact High Voltage Nanosecond Pulse Generator See http://www.electrostatics.org/images/ESA_2008_H3.pdf or buy one from ISP http://www.transientplasmasystems.com/index.html I admit that this is not at all easy to do, but a trillion bucks in sales may make your efforts worthwhile. Good luck: Axil On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 1:05 AM, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > The SWNT rug part 1 > > Fabrication of the ideal charge delivery nanostructure for LENR may be > beyond the capabilities and limited resources of the lone Ni/H reactor > developer. This may be why Rossi has greatly benefited from collaboration > with advanced technology partners who can design and implement advanced > SWNT structures that are optimized for LENR. > > > > > > To get the most out of LENR, charge must be evenly spread over the entire > surface area of the nickel nanoparticles, as large as that area may be. > > > > > > Most publically available LENR mechanisms currently found in LENR research > suffer from a poor distribution of nuclear active sites. The energy > production of these areas is limited in number. Furthermore, the > distribution of the nuclear active sites (NAS) is random and poorly placed. > This all leads to a proportionately small productivity of the Ni/H > reaction. But if properly configured,* *nanomaterial is a powerful > multiplier of the LENR effect in inverse proportion to its dimensionality. > > > > > > For example, if you want to properly water a corn field to get optimum > crop yield, we do not want to pump all the irrigation water into a big hole > in a corner at the edge of the field and hope for the best. > > > > > > A water distribution system; a sprinkler or drip system must be engineered > to get water to each corn plant at optimum levels. > > > > > > Like water dumped into a hole, A spark can only be delivered to a small > volume of material in a localize area. The reaction, if any, will be > limited by the restrictions of this localized charge distribution strategy. > > > > > > > To increase the power of the LENR reaction, the number of NASs must be > dramatically increased. > > > > > > The spark should be optimally partitioned and spread out over the widest > area, in the same way that nano-particles multiply the surface area of its > bulk material. So charge distribution and nanoparticle area should be > properly mated through an optimal connection. > > > > > > If this relationship between charge presentation and the associated > nanoparticle is optimize, a large amount of power can be produced by a > small amount of Nano-powder. As improbable as Rossi’s claim may now sound > …those one and a half grams of Nano nickel powder can generate 10 kilowatts > of power… This amazing claim may be possible if every nano particle > grain is pressed into service in an optimal way. > > > > > > In my next post, I intend to reference a paper recently commissioned by > the US Defense Department (DOD) to explain why a SWNT rug can get charge to > nickel Nano powder is the best way. This explanation will act as a > narrative for a specification of a charge distribution system for LENR. > > > > > > > > Cheers: Axil > > > > > > * * > > > > >
