Hybrid Plastics, Inc.

Paul Wheeler

Joseph D Lichtenhan

Xuan Fu

Sarah Elizabeth Morgan

Marion R Blue

Rahul Misra

Joseph J Schwab

Hendrikus C L Abbenhuis

Marion Blue

A method of using metallized and nonmetallized nanostructured chemicals as surface and volume modification agents within polymers and on the surfaces of nano and macroscopic particulates and fillers. Because of their 0.5 nm-3.0 nm size, nanostructured chemicals can be utilized to greatly increase surface area, improve compatibility, and promote lubricity between surfaces at a length scale not previously attainable.

Method for modifying surface properties with nanostructured chemicals

Metallized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes and metallized polyhedral oligomeric silicates are used as cure promoters, catalysts, and alloying agents for the reinforcement of polymer microstructures, including polymer coils, domains, chains, and segments, at the molecular level. Because of their tailorable compatibility with polymers, polyhedral oligomeric metallosesquioxanes (POMS) can be readily and selectively incorporated into polymers by common mixing processes.

Metallized nanostructured chemicals as cure promoters

POSS nanostructured chemicals as dispersion aids and friction reducing agents

Metallized nanostructured chemicals are incorporated at the molecular level as alloying agents for the reinforcement of polymer microstructures, including polymer coils, domains, chains, and segments. Direct blending processes are effective because of the tailorable compatibility of the metallized nanostructured chemicals with polymers.

Metallized nanostructured chemicals alloyed into polymers

Growing community of inventors

Hattiesburg, MS, United States of America

Paul Wheeler