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US 10,056,063 B2Granted
Method of producing a micro-channeled material at atmospheric pressure
AssigneesAirbus Operations GmbH, Georgia Tech Research Corporation
InventorsMaud Lavieille, Jason H. Nadler, Michael Beckert
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Abstract
A micro-channeled material is fabricated from a bundle of metal-plated polymer fibers by a process wherein the polymer fibers are heated to a first temperature and pyrolyzed in the presence of an inert gas at atmospheric pressure.
Claims22
A method for producing a micro-channeled material from a plurality of metal-plated polymer fibers, comprising:
- consolidating the metal-plated polymer fibers into a bundle, the metal-plated polymer fibers extending in parallel along a longitudinal direction of the bundle;
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- heating the bundle to a first temperature in presence of an inert first gas at atmospheric pressure, thereby pyrolyzing the polymer fibers and obtaining a plurality of metal channels, a carbonaceous residue remaining in the bundle.
A micro-channeled material produced by a method for producing a micro-channeled material from a plurality of metal-plated polymer fibers, the method comprising:
- consolidating the metal-plated polymer fibers into a bundle, the metal-plated polymer fibers extending in parallel along a longitudinal direction of the bundle;
- and
- heating the bundle to a first temperature in presence of an inert first gas at atmospheric pressure, thereby pyrolyzing the polymer fibers and obtaining a plurality of metal channels, a carbonaceous residue remaining in the bundle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.