The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2011
Applicants:
Lawrence T. Drzal, Okemos, MI (US);
Xian Jiang, Lansing, MI (US);
Inventors:
Lawrence T. Drzal, Okemos, MI (US);
Xian Jiang, Lansing, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 3/04 (2006.01); C01B 31/04 (2006.01); C09C 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 31/0423 (2013.01); C01P 2004/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to use of a coupling agent including of a chemical moiety that is capable of pi bonding with the basal plane of exfoliated graphene nanoparticle (EGN) platelets and that is compatible with a polymer resin or matrix into which the EGN platelets are dispersed. The chemical moiety can include one or more aromatic moieties grafted to a polymer, which polymer can form a dispersing resin or matrix.