Methods for making nanostructured materials using intercalation of carbon nanoparticles
AssigneeEden Innovations Ltd.
InventorsZhonghua Zhu, Byron Stanley Villacorta Hernandez, Xuegang Tang, Rowan Wayne Truss, Gregory Howard Solomon
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Abstract
A method for making a nanostructured material includes the steps of: providing a mixture of carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) having a selected composition; providing intercalation nanoparticles (INPs) configured to intercalate the carbon nanoparticles (CNPs); intercalating the carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) by mixing the intercalation nanoparticles (INPs) in a selected CNP:HNP ratio to form an intercalated material; and combining the intercalated material in a base material in a selected concentration with the base material providing a matrix for the intercalated material.
Claims16
A method for making a nanostructured material comprising:
- providing a plurality of carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) comprising carbon nanotube particles (CNTs) or carbon nanofiber particles (CNFs);
- providing intercalation nanoparticles (INPs) configured to intercalate the carbon nanoparticles (CNPs);
- intercalating the carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) by mixing the intercalation nanoparticles (INPs) with the carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) to form an intercalated material comprised of the carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) and the intercalation nanoparticles (INPs) in a layered structure having a CNP:INP ratio;
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- following the intercalating step, combining the intercalated material in a base material with the base material providing a matrix for the intercalated material.
A method for making a nanostructured material comprising:
- providing a mixture of carbon nanoparticles (CNPs), the mixture comprising carbon nanotube particles (CNTs) or carbon nanofiber particles (CNFs) along with at least one other different carbon nanoparticle (CNP);
- providing halloysite nanoparticles (HNPs) configured to intercalate the carbon nanoparticles (CNPs);
- modifying the carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) and the halloysite nanoparticles (HNPs) using chemical modifications or surface treatments to enhance intercalation of the carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) by the halloysite nanoparticles (HNPs);
- intercalating the carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) by mixing the halloysite nanoparticles (HNPs) and the mixture in a fluid medium to form an intercalated material comprised of the carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) and the intercalation nanoparticles (INPs) in a layered structure having a CNP:INP ratio;
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- following the intercalating step, combining the intercalated material in a polymer base material using melt mixing with the polymer base material providing a matrix for the intercalated material.
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