Materials and Methods for Insulation of Conducting Fibres, and Insulated Products
AssigneeCambridge Enterprise Limited
InventorsKrzysztof K. K. Koziol, Agnieszka Ewa Lekawa-Raus, Lukasz Kurzepa, Xiaoyu Peng
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Abstract
An electrical conductor comprising an electrically conducting fibre comprising carbon nanotubes and/or graphene nanoribbon and a layer of insulating material coated around the electrically conducting fibre. The insulating material substantially does not penetrate the electrically conducting fibre, or penetrates the electrically conducting fibre only to a depth that leaves a continuous conductive path along a remaining part of the electrically conducting fibre.
Claims20
An electrical conductor comprising
- an electrically conducting fibre comprising carbon nanotubes and/or graphene nanoribbon;
- and
- a layer of insulating material coated around the electrically conducting fibre,
- wherein the insulating material substantially does not penetrate the electrically conducting fibre, or penetrates the electrically conducting fibre only to a depth that leaves a continuous conductive path along a remaining part of the electrically conducting fibre.
An electrical or electronic device comprising one or more electrical conductors comprising:
- an electrically conducting fibre comprising carbon nanotubes and/or graphene nanoribbon;
- and
- a layer of insulating material coated around the electrically conducting fibre,
- wherein the insulating material substantially does not penetrate the electrically conducting fibre, or penetrates the electrically conducting fibre only to a depth that leaves a continuous conductive path along a remaining part of the electrically conducting fibre.
A method of coating an electrically conducting fibre comprising carbon nanotubes and/or graphene nanoribbon, the method comprising
- (i) applying flowable insulating material to the electrically conducting fibre;
- and
- (ii) solidifying said insulating material on the surface of the electrically conducting fibre to coat the fibre with a layer of insulating material,
- wherein the insulating material substantially does not penetrate the electrically conducting fibre, or penetrates the electrically conducting fibre only to a depth that leaves a continuous conductive path along a remaining part of the electrically conducting fibre.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.