Vulvox Discovers Nanotube Foil, A New Form of Carbon

3/26/2008

Vulvox Nanobiotechnology Corporation announced today the discovery of a novel form of carbon. Although other laboratories have synthesized “buckypaper” made up of sheets of carbon nanotubes that stick to each other by attractive forces known as Van Der Waals forces, those materials are very thin, measured in the micrometer to submicrometer range.
The Vulvox material is much thicker, resembling graphite foil. There have been stories in the scientific press describing nanotube foils for use in atomic accelerators but they are very flimsy sheets a millionth of a meter thick. There are also reports of very tough sheets of nanopaper synthesized by chemical means. Extremely high magnetic fields that cause alignment of nanotubes has been shown to result in very tough material as strong as steel but much lighter. Those nanopapers are also relatively thin and are not suitable to use in constructing large objects. Very high amounts of electric power are used in generating the magnetic fields associated with that process making it expensive.

The material discovered at Vulvox’s laboratories is much thicker than nanopaper and it is synthesized by a novel proprietary process. It is wiry and bendable. It might be useful in conducting electric currents, especially very high currents, and it might replace graphite foil in applications where the high electrical and high heat conductivity of carbon nanotubes are important parameters.

“We discovered this material yesterday and we are seeking funds to optimize its’ properties and to optimize manufacturing methods. I’m sure we will find strategic partners to develop it for specific uses,” said Neil Farbstein the President of Vulvox Nanobiotechnology Corporation. We obtained a patent pending on our novel carbon nanotube adhesive that sticks to oral and vaginal mucosa. We expect it to have hundreds of applications in the dental field, for holding tampons, and also medical applications since it also sticks to exposed subcutaneous membranes and nanotubes have been shown to have clot promoting activity. We think it might enable surgeons to put medical devices onto the heart epithelium to temporarily promote healing and to close wounds. The material peels off and sticks many times. It will replace surgical glue in many applications.”

The adhesive material also sticks to soft rubber such as latex and silicone and it will have applications in air tight and water tight seals and it will compete with velcro in certain applications. It will conduct electricity through latex or silicon impregnated with conducting particles. New types of flexible and removable electrical devices can be developed with it.

“The novel carbon nanotube foil material was discovered accidentally during in our nanotube adhesive materials program, and that was a serendipitous discovery that came out of our super materials program. Vulvox has been pursuing the goal of manufacturing world record breaking materials that are stronger and tougher than all other materials and that also have very high strength to weight ratios that will be used in building aircraft, satellites, and with earth-side applications such as body armor. Vulvox has been working on batteries with ultrahigh storage capacities. We did research on anodes for lithium ion batteries that paralleled the breakthrough research at Stanford where they employed silicon nanowires to hold ten times the energy that regular batteries hold.” According to Neil Farbstein “We have a project on the drawing board that will accomplish the same thing but for much less money and it will be more easily manufactured. The limiting step in their process is manufacturing silicon nanowires in high quantity and doing it cheaply. Nobody is capable of doing that. We are also researching methods of adding quick charge capability to those batteries, combining the two biggest battery breakthroughs in recent years into one superbattery.” There are also indications that Vulvox’s carbon nanotube adhesive material might be suitable to use in supercapacitors. Supercapacitors are already in use in hybrid cars to temporarily store power recovered from regenerative braking systems.

Contact;
Neil Farbstein
President/CEO
Vulvox Nanobiotechnology Corporation
516-921-5058
protn7@att.net