Hydrophilic open cell foams with particulate fillers

• Main Authors: BLACKBURN, THOMAS WILLIAM, CARROZZELLA, TONY RAFFAELE, GUNES, IBRAHIM SEDAT
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 01.08.2016
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G; CHEMISTRY; COFFEE MILLS; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; FURNITURE; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; GRINDING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; LAYERED PRODUCTS; LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONSONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POLISHING; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TOOLS FOR GRINDING, BUFFING, OR SHARPENING; TRANSPORTING; USE OF INORGANIC OR NON-MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIC SUBSTANCES ASCOMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS; WORKING-UP

Embodiments herein are related to hydrophilic open cell foams with particulate fillers. In an embodiment, an article is included that has an open cell foam structure including a hydrophilic polymer and about 0.1 wt. % to about 40.0 wt. % of a particulate filler dispersed within the hydrophilic polymer. The open cell foam structure can exhibit a rate of absorption greater than an otherwise identical foam lacking the particulate filler. Other embodiments are included herein.