Impregnated cellular carbon nanocomposites
AssigneeDickinson Corporation
InventorsMatthew Bishop, David Andrew Brill, Patrick Terrizzi, Abhay V. Thomas
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a nanocomposite including a carbonaceous perimorph, the perimorph having a diameter of less than 1,000 μm and comprising interconnected cells, each of a plurality of the cells comprising a carbonaceous cell wall possessing an average thickness of less than 100 nm or smaller and a morphology corresponding to a surface region of a, non-metallic template particle, the template particle having a diameter of less than 1,000 μm, and an interior space bounded and enclosed by the cell wall.
Claims23
A nanocomposite, comprising:
- a continuous phase comprising a polymer;
- and
- a discontinuous phase of templated carbon particles, each particle comprising pores impregnated by the polymer, having a diameter of less than 1,000 μm and comprising a multicellular network of interconnected cells, a plurality of the cells comprising:
- a shared wall possessing an average thickness of less than 100 nm;
- and
- an interior space comprising a collapsed, templated pore bounded and enclosed by the wall where not open to an adjoining cell's interior space, the wall deformed around the interior space.
A nanocomposite, comprising:
- a continuous phase comprising a polymer;
- and
- a discontinuous phase of polymer-impregnated, templated carbon particles, the particles having two distinct morphological states:
- a native, templated state comprising a multicellular network of interconnected cells, each cell comprising a nanostructured wall possessing an average thickness of less than 100 nm and a templated interior space possessing diameter between 10 nm and 1,000 nm;
- and
- the collapsed morphological state comprising a collapsure of a plurality of the interior spaces and a deformation of the nanostructured wall.
A nanocomposite, comprising:
- a continuous phase comprising a polymer;
- and
- a discontinuous phase of templated carbon particles, each particle comprising pores impregnated by the polymer, having a diameter of less than 1,000 μm and comprising a multicellular network of interconnected cells, a plurality of the cells comprising:
- a deformed, nanostructured cell wall possessing an average thickness of less than 100 nm;
- and
- a collapsed pore bounded by the deformed cell wall, the collapsed pore corresponding to a templated cavity feature possessing a pre-collapsure diameter between 10 nm and 1,000 nm.
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