Conductive compositions of conductive polymer and metal coated fiber
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorPatrick J. Kinlen
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides compositions including a conductive polymer; and a fiber material comprising one or more metals disposed thereon. The present disclosure further provides a component, such as a vehicle component, including a composition of the present disclosure disposed thereon. The present disclosure further provides methods for manufacturing a component including: contacting a metal coated fiber material with an oxidizing agent and a monomer to form a first composition comprising a metal coated fiber material and a conductive polymer; and contacting the first composition with a polymer matrix or resin to form a second composition.
Claims20
A method for manufacturing a composition, comprising:
- forming a coating of a conductive polymer on an oxidized metal-coated carbon fiber, wherein the conductive polymer is selected from the group consisting of a polyaniline (PANI), a poly(ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT), a polypyrrole, a polyfluorene, a polyphenylene, a polypyrene, a polyazulene, a polynaphthalene, a polyacetylene (PAC), a poly(p-phenyl vinylene) (PPV), a polycarbazole, a polyindole, a polyazepine, and a polythiophene, and wherein the oxidized metal-coated carbon fiber comprises about 15 wt % to about 70 wt % of oxidized metal, based on the total weight of the oxidized metal and the carbon fiber;
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- contacting the conductive polymer-coated oxidized metal-coated carbon fiber with a polymer matrix or resin to form a composition comprising about 50 wt % to about 99 wt % of the polymer matrix or resin based on the total weight of the composition.
A method, comprising:
- forming a coating of a conductive polymer on an oxidized metal-coated carbon fiber, wherein the conductive polymer is selected from the group consisting of a polyaniline, a poly(ethylenedioxythiophene), a polypyrrole, and mixtures thereof, and wherein the oxidized metal-coated carbon fiber comprises about 15 wt % to about 70 wt % of oxidized metal, based on the total weight of the oxidized metal and the carbon fiber;
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- contacting the conductive polymer-coated oxidized metal-coated carbon fiber with a polymer matrix or resin to form a composition comprising about 50 wt % to about 99 wt % of the polymer matrix or resin based on the total weight of the composition.
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