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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2002
Jin-shan Wang, Pittsford, NY (US);
Xiaoru Wang, Webster, NY (US);
Samuel Chen, Penfield, NY (US);
Thomas N. Blanton, Rochester, NY (US);
Jin-Shan Wang, Pittsford, NY (US);
Xiaoru Wang, Webster, NY (US);
Samuel Chen, Penfield, NY (US);
Thomas N. Blanton, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a splayed material comprising a layered material splayed with a particle having a diameter equal to or less than 3 micrometers. Another embodiment of the invention includes an article comprising a matrix and a layered material splayed with a polymeric particles dispersed in a medium. The invention also relates to methods for preparing these materials via mixing, milling and emulsifying a solvent borne polymer with a surfactant. A further method describes a method for preparing a nanocomposite from a splayant particle prepared by combining an emulsion polymerization monomer and a surfactant dispersible in a medium wherein the monomer is not dispersible in the medium.