POLYMER COMPOSITE USING SHEAR THICKENING FLUID

• Main Authors: YOO Eui Sang, JEONG Won Young, JUN Joon Taek, LEE Hyun Kyung, KIM Ju Hea, LEE Jae Kyoung, KWON Mi Yeon, LIM Dae Young, KWON Nam Hee
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.10.2016
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COLOUR PRINTING; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; HYGIENE; LINING MACHINES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; PRINTING; PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; STAMPS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING; TRAPPING; TYPEWRITERS; USE OF INORGANIC OR NON-MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIC SUBSTANCES ASCOMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS

Disclosed are a shear thickening fluid (STF) and a polymer composite comprising a core filled with a shear thickening fluid containing silica particles dispersed in polyethylene glycol; an inner capsule layer formed of an emulsifier surrounding the shear thickening fluid; and an outer capsule layer formed of a thermosetting resin surrounding the inner capsule layer.