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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2019
Cytec Industries Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Carmelo Luca Restuccia, Chester, GB;
Fiorenzo Lenzi, Vitulazio, IT;
Mark Bonneau, Brea, CA (US);
Josanlet Villegas, Irvine, CA (US);
Emiliano Frulloni, Wrexham, GB;
CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC., Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
A curable composite material having high z-direction electrical conductivity. The curable composite material includes two or more layers of reinforcement carbon fibers that have been infused or impregnated with a curable matrix resin and an interlaminar region containing at least conductive nano-sized particles, e.g. carbon nanotubes, and a light-weight carbon veil. According to another embodiment, the interlaminar region further contains polymeric toughening particles. Methods for fabricating composite materials and structures are also disclosed.