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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2021
Applicant:
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B 28/00 (2006.01); C04B 16/06 (2006.01); D01D 5/00 (2006.01); D01F 6/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B 28/008 (2013.01); C04B 16/0658 (2013.01); D01D 5/003 (2013.01); D01F 6/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods for the production of ceramic composites in which three-dimensional (3D) printed organic polymer fibers are embedded in an amorphous inorganic ceramic matrix are provided. The composites are made by electrospinning the organic polymer fibers and collecting them in a liquid or gel collector. Ceramic precursors added to the liquid collector after the fibers are collected, or present in the gel collector during the electrospinning, are then cured to form a solid ceramic matrix around the organic polymer fibers to produce an organic polymer fiber-reinforced ceramic.