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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2022
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Vipin Kumar, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Ahmed A. Hassen, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Christopher J. Hershey, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Seokpum Kim, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Vlastimil Kunc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
John M. Lindahl, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
UT-BATTELLE, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Abstract
The current embodiments include all-polymeric protective material for mitigating lightning strike damage. The protective material includes a hybrid matrix comprising PANI and MXene dispersed within a thermosetting epoxy resin. This hybrid matrix can be painted, printed, or applied as a conductive polymeric layer to a FRCP structure, for example an aircraft fuselage, wing, empennage, control surface (aileron, flap, slats, rudder, elevator) or a wind turbine blade. The protective material not only withstands lightning strikes, but also functions as shielding against electromagnetic interference and is corrosion-resistant and lightweight.