Disclosed are a heat conductive sheet including a resin and a particulate carbon material, and having an Asker C hardness at 25 C. of 60 or more and a thermal resistance value under a pressure of 0.5 MPa of 0.20 C./W or less, a method of producing a heat conductive sheet, and a heat dissipation device including the heat conductive sheet interposed between a heat source and a heat radiator.

An application of a fullerene structure in the preparation of medications for treating Parkinson's disease. The fullerene structure comprises at least one of the following active ingredient groups: a fullerene, a metallofullerene, and a composition of the fullerene and the metallofullerene; an oil-soluble fullerene, an oil-soluble metallofullerene, and a composition of the oil-soluble fullerene and the oil-soluble metallofullerene; a water-soluble fullerene, a water-soluble metallofullerene, and a composition of the water-soluble fullerene and the water-soluble metal-lofullerene; the medicinal esters of the nine elements, or the medicinal salts of the nine elements.

Provided is a mounting member that is excellent in low dusting property and hardly contaminates an object to be mounted while being excellent in gripping force and heat resistance. In one embodiment of the present invention, the mounting member includes an aggregate of carbon nanotubes for forming amounting surface, wherein a standard deviation of diameters of the carbon nanotubes is 3 nm or less. In one embodiment of the present invention, the mounting member includes an aggregate of carbon nanotubes for forming a mounting surface, wherein the aggregate of the carbon nanotubes includes carbon nanotubes each having a multi-walled structure, and wherein a standard deviation of wall numbers of the carbon nanotubes is 3 or less.

A composition for a thermoelectric conversion element that enables a thermoelectric conversion element to fully exhibit excellent thermoelectric conversion characteristics is provided. A composition for a thermoelectric conversion element comprises: metal nanoparticle-supporting carbon nanotubes, a resin component; and a solvent.

A drawing apparatus includes a support for supporting a part of the grown form and a drive unit for causing a relative movement of the support and the grown form. The support includes a plurality of support units arranged in a width direction of the grown form orthogonal to a drawing direction of a plurality of extended forms, the plurality of support drawing the plurality of extended forms from the single grown form.

An adduct consists of derivatives of serinol pyrrole and of carbon allotropes in which the carbon is sp.sup.2 hybridized, such as carbon nanotubes, graphene or nano-graphites or carbon black, in order to improve the chemical-physical properties of the allotropes increasing above all their dispersibility and stability in liquid media and in polymer matrices, and a process for preparation of the adduct.

The present disclosure provides a process for synthesizing functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), comprising: refluxing MWCNTs with an acidic mixture to obtain a acid functionalized MWCNTs; and reacting the acid functionalized MWCNTs with oleyl amine in presence of an organic solvent to obtain an oleylamine derivative of MWCNTs. The present disclosure also provides a process for synthesizing a polycarbosilane coated MWCNT, comprising: mixing polycarbosilane and MWCNTs to obtain a mixture; stirring the mixture in Tetrahydrofuran, in presence of a catalyst under an inert atmosphere, to obtain a reaction mixture; and drying the reaction mixture under vacuum followed by heating to obtain polycarbosilane coated MWCNT's. The present disclosure further provides the application of functionalized MWCNTs as synthesized in accordance with the present disclosure, for use in making photovoltaic devices and the application of polycarbosilane coated MWCNTs as synthesized in accordance with the present disclosure for use in making glass fiber reinforced epoxy composites.

The present disclosure provides a process for synthesizing functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), comprising: refluxing MWCNTs with an acidic mixture to obtain a acid functionalized MWCNTs; and reacting the acid functionalized MWCNTs with oleyl amine in presence of an organic solvent to obtain an oleylamine derivative of MWCNTs. The present disclosure also provides a process for synthesizing a polycarbosilane coated MWCNT, comprising: mixing polycarbosilane and MWCNTs to obtain a mixture; stirring the mixture in Tetrahydrofuran, in presence of a catalyst under an inert atmosphere, to obtain a reaction mixture; and drying the reaction mixture under vacuum followed by heating to obtain polycarbosilane coated MWCNT's. The present disclosure further provides the application of functionalized MWCNTs as synthesized in accordance with the present disclosure, for use in making photovoltaic devices and the application of polycarbosilane coated MWCNTs as synthesized in accordance with the present disclosure for use in making glass fiber reinforced epoxy composites.

A nanoparticle or agglomerate which contains connected multi-walled spherical fullerenes coated in layers of graphite. In different embodiments, the nanoparticles and agglomerates have different combinations of: a high mass fraction compared to other carbon allotropes present, a low concentration of defects, a low concentration of elemental impurities, a high Brunauer, Emmett and Teller (BET) specific surface area, and/or a high electrical conductivity. Methods are provided to produce the nanoparticles and agglomerates at a high production rate without using catalysts.

A nanoparticle or agglomerate which contains connected multi-walled spherical fullerenes coated in layers of graphite. In different embodiments, the nanoparticles and agglomerates have different combinations of: a high mass fraction compared to other carbon allotropes present, a low concentration of defects, a low concentration of elemental impurities, a high Brunauer, Emmett and Teller (BET) specific surface area, and/or a high electrical conductivity. Methods are provided to produce the nanoparticles and agglomerates at a high production rate without using catalysts.