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US 10,501,668 B2Granted
Encapsulation of thermal energy storage media
AssigneeUniversity of South Florida
InventorsJaspreet Dhau, D. Yogi Goswami, Chand K. Jotshi, Elias K. Stefanakos
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for depositing metal on a polymer surface, the method includes coating the polymer surface with a binding metal to render the polymer surface solvophillic and/or hydrophilic and depositing a further metal on the binding metal-coated polymer surface.
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A method for depositing metal on a polymer surface, the method comprising:
- obtaining a hydrophobic polymer having a surface;
- powder coating the surface of the hydrophobic polymer with small particles of a binding metal to render the polymer surface solvophillic and/or hydrophilic;
- electrolessly depositing a first layer of plating metal on the binding metal-coated polymer surface to render the surface electrically conductive;
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- directly depositing via electroplating a second layer of plating metal on the first layer of plating metal such that no other material is provided between the first and second layers of plating metal.
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