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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2017
Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc., Tallahassee, FL (US);
The Government of the United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);
Chengying Xu, Tallahassee, FL (US);
William C. Nickerson, Ashburn, VA (US);
Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc., Tallahassee, FL (US);
The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
Hybrid composite materials including carbon nanotube sheets and flexible ceramic materials, and methods of making the same are provided herein. In one embodiment, a method of forming a hybrid composite material is provided, the method including: placing a layer of a first flexible ceramic composite on a lay-up tooling surface; applying a sheet of a pre-preg carbon fiber reinforced polymer on the flexible ceramic composite; curing the flexible ceramic composite and the pre-preg carbon fiber reinforced polymer sheet together to form a hybrid composite material; and removing the hybrid composite material from the lay-up tooling surface, wherein the first flexible ceramic composite comprises an exterior surface of the hybrid composite material.