Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes – Direct application of electrical or wave energy to work – Polymerizing – cross-linking – or curing
Reexamination Certificate
2007-08-17
2011-12-20
Sole, Joseph Del (Department: 1743)
Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
Direct application of electrical or wave energy to work
Polymerizing, cross-linking, or curing
C264S490000, C204S157430, C204S157470
Reexamination Certificate
active
08080199
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is directed toward methods of crosslinking carbon nanotubes to each other using microwave radiation, articles of manufacture produced by such methods, compositions produced by such methods, and applications for such compositions and articles of manufacture. The present invention is also directed toward methods of radiatively modifying composites and/or blends comprising carbon nanotubes with microwaves, and to the compositions produced by such methods. In some embodiments, the modification comprises a crosslinking process, wherein the carbon nanotubes serve as a conduit for thermally and photolytically crosslinking the host matrix with microwave radiation.
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Dyke Christopher A.
Stephenson Jason J.
Tour James M.
Yakobson Boris I.
Brown, II David N
Del Sole Joseph
William Marsh Rice University
Winstead PC
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