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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2007
Lawrence T. Drzal, Okemos, MI (US);
Wanjun Liu, East Lansing, MI (US);
Hiroyuki Fukushima, Lansing, MI (US);
Inhwan DO, Lansing, MI (US);
Lawrence T. Drzal, Okemos, MI (US);
Wanjun Liu, East Lansing, MI (US);
Hiroyuki Fukushima, Lansing, MI (US);
InHwan Do, Lansing, MI (US);
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Abstract
Composite materials with a polymer matrix, low resistivity graphite coated fillers having exfoliated and pulverized graphite platelets coated on an outer surface of high resistivity fillers, are provided. The fillers can be fibers or particles. The composite materials incorporating the graphite coated fillers as reinforcements can be electrostatically painted without using a conductive primer on the polymer matrix.