ELECTROPROCESSED PHENOLIC MATERIALS AND METHODS

• Main Authors: GARY WNEK, DIANE GEE, GEORGIOS D. KARLES, JOHN LAYMAN, MARK ZHUANG
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: 09.06.2017
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBONFILAMENTS; BRAIDING; CHEMICAL FEATURES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS,THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS; CHEMISTRY; CIGARETTES; CIGARS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; COTTON-WOOL; ELECTRIC MACHINES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS,NON-WOVEN FABRICS; GENERATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; KNITTING; LACE-MAKING; MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MAKING GRANULES OR PREFORMS; MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARYMATERIAL; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES; MECHANICAL METHODS OR APPARATUS IN THE MANUFACTURE OFARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES ORRIBBONS; METALLURGY; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL THREADS OR FIBRES; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BESHAPED; RECOVERY OF PLASTICS OR OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF WASTE MATERIALCONTAINING PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SMOKERS' REQUISITES; SPINNING; TEXTILES; TOBACCO; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; TRANSPORTING; TRIMMINGS; WADDING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

Electroprocessed phenolic nanofibers, microfibers, beads, and films and materials including these electroprocessed materials are prepared using a delivery means (10), a grounded collecting means (20) and a power supply (30) for generating an electric field.