
CNI is the preeminent producer of Buckytubes. With their multiple pilot plants and commercial demonstration unit operating in Houston, the company can provide many different grades of Buckytubes to accommodate customer-specific needs. The company is working with close to 700 customers around the globe.
Address:16200 Park Row
77084-5195
Texas, Houston, USA
Phone : (281) 492-5707
Fax : (281) 492-5810
These customers include leading academic research centers and a wide variety of small and large companies whose businesses depend on advanced materials. CNI has also raised major funding from private investors since 2000 and is also working closely with several government agencies on funded research projects.
CNI has an extraordinary intellectual property position, which is largely based on technology developed by Dr. Richard E. Smalley who was awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his co-discovery of Buckyballs. This intellectual property portfolio was licensed exclusively from Rice University and includes more than 100 individual patent filings of which more than 30 have been issued or allowed in the key areas of production and enabling technology. (Please see the Intellectual Property page for more details)
Nanotubes supplied:SWNT
DWNT
Conductive Polymer Grades (XD, XM)
Field Emission Grade (XCE)