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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2021
Applicant:
The University of Sydney, Sydney, AU;
Inventor:
Seyed Ali Hadigheh, Sydney, AU;
Assignee:
The University of Sydney, Sydney, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/14 (2006.01); B29C 70/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/14 (2013.01); B29C 70/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided herein is a method for aligning discontinuous fibres comprising: providing a stream of discontinuous fibres in a dispersion medium; applying a shear stress to the dispersion medium to align at least a portion of the discontinuous fibres; and disposing the at least a portion of the aligned discontinuous fibres on a substrate thereby providing a layer of substantially aligned discontinuous fibres. Also provided are discontinuous fibres aligned by such method and a composite material formed from the aligned discontinuous fibres.