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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2008
Applicants:
Benoit Simard, Orleans, CA;
Jingwen Guan, Ottawa, CA;
Stephane Dénommée, Ontario, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
National Research Council of Canada, Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 63/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Epoxy resins are chemically attached to carbon nanotubes (CNTs), in a one-step process in which a reaction mixture comprising the epoxy polymer, the CNTs and a bridging agent which is a chemical compound capable of forming living polymers, e.g. styrene or MMA is formed and radical formation is initiated in the reaction mixture; the epoxy polymer or monomer grafts onto the CNTs through the intermediary block of the bridging agent.