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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2023
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
The Government of the United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);
Celia S. Chari, Pasadena, CA (US);
Katherine T. Faber, Pasadena, CA (US);
Bryan W. McEnerney, Pasadena, CA (US);
Richard R. Hofer, Pasadena, CA (US);
James A. Wollmershauser, Pasadena, CA (US);
Edward P. Gorzkowski, Iii, Severna Park, MD (US);
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
Aspects disclosed herein include graphite and hexagonal boron nitride bimaterials, methods of making these bimaterials, and electric propulsion devices or thrusters with these bimaterials. Aspects disclosed herein include electric propulsion devices comprising: at least one portion comprising or formed of a monolithic bimaterial; wherein the monolithic bimaterial comprises a graphite material and a hexagonal boron nitride material; and wherein the graphite material and hexagonal boron nitride material are monolithically integrated in the bimaterial.