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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc., Tallahassee, FL (US);
Inventors:
Qunfeng Cheng, Beijing, CN;
Richard Liang, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Ben Wang, Atlanta, GA (US);
Chun Zhang, Marietta, GA (US);
Jianwen Bao, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Tallahassee, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 9/04 (2006.01); C08K 3/04 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); C08F 122/40 (2006.01); C08L 63/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 9/04 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); C08F 122/40 (2013.01); C08K 3/04 (2013.01); C08L 63/00 (2013.01); C01B 2202/08 (2013.01); Y10S 977/783 (2013.01);
Abstract
Nanocomposite materials and methods of making composite materials reinforced with carbon nanotubes are disclosed. The composite material includes an array of functionalized and aligned carbon nanotubes having a degree of functionalization of about 1% to about 10%; and a polymeric matrix material bonded to the array of functionalized and aligned carbon nanotubes.