CARBON NANOTUBE-FILLED COMPOSITES

• Main Authors: BARRAZA, HARRY, J, RUEDA, OLGA, LUCIA, RESASCO, DANIEL, E, BALZANO, LEANDRO, POMPEO, FRANCISCO, O'REAR, EDGAR, A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 31.12.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBONFILAMENTS; CHEMICAL FEATURES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS,THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; DYES; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVINGCARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT THEREOF; MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FORELSEWHERE; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NANOSTRUCTURES FORMED BY MANIPULATION OF INDIVIDUAL ATOMS,MOLECULES, OR LIMITED COLLECTIONS OF ATOMS OR MOLECULES ASDISCRETE UNITS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL THREADS OR FIBRES; NATURAL RESINS; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PAINTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; POLISHES; SPINNING; TEXTILES; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING; USE OF INORGANIC OR NON-MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIC SUBSTANCES ASCOMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS; WORKING-UP

A method of forming carbon nanotube-filled composites using miniemulsionpolymerization. The carbon nanotubes are preferably single-walled carbonnanotubes. The carbon nanotubes are highly dispersed within and associated withthe polymer comprising the composite. L'invention porte sur un procédé de formation de composites remplis de nanotubes de carbone par polymérisation de miniémulsions. Les tubes, de préférence à paroi simple, sont fortement dispersés dans le polymère du composite et font corps avec lui.