Doug
Sorry for not answering sooner
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to a possible use ---very interesting I see Fujitsu are padding around the edge of another patent of ours ---where we are able to make P-type ZnO by implanting N ions
And yes I had already thought of using an E field to try to stand the little beasties up --but there are so many in the matrix that enough of them are standing up enough -
I used this with an idea to make an electrostatic precipitator to remove aerosols from smoke I coated the cathode with homemade carbon multiwall tubes using the same glue as in the articles a coaxial arragement where the cathode was a 0.5" rod coated with the cnts and the anode was a 4" SS pipe around it.
I used a 100kV glassman to drive it but I hit current limit at 21kV ie 10mA of electron flow --enter the smoke plenty in none out--- precipitators normally need 100 -200kV before enough ionisation takes place
any way the boat went back in the water Tuesday morning and yesterday I took out our division and so you can put faces to names heres a pic of the boss Andreas enjoying himself
had 17 on board but we dropped five off to explore the island in the background and we sailed around for an hour and a half before picking them back up