Systems and methods for coloring nanofibrous materials
AssigneeNanocomp Technologies, Inc.
InventorsPeter L. Antoinette, Mark A. Banash, Ashley Hart
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Abstract
A method for coloring a carbon nanotube (CNT) product is provided, including placing a CNT product in an electric circuit to ground the product, charging a plurality of pigment molecules with an opposite charge from the CNT product, applying a coating of the charged pigment molecules to a surface of the CNT product, and exposing the coating to a temperature sufficient to cure the coating, while allowing the coating to form a substantially conformal film on the surface of the CNT product.
Claims19
A method for coloring a carbon nanotube (CNT) product comprising:
- placing a CNT product in an electric circuit to ground the product;
- charging a plurality of pigment molecules with an opposite charge from the CNT product;
- applying a coating of the charged pigment molecules to a surface of the CNT product;
- and
- exposing the charged pigment molecules to a temperature sufficient to cure the coating, while allowing the coating to form a substantially conformal film on the surface of the CNT product.
A method for coloring a carbon nanotube (CNT) product comprising:
- heating a CNT product;
- placing the CNT product in an electric circuit to ground the product;
- charging a plurality of pigment molecules with an opposite charge from the CNT product;
- applying a coating of the charged pigment molecules to a surface of the CNT product, wherein contact between the heated CNT product and the charged pigment molecules of the coating heats the coating to a temperature sufficient to cure the coating, while allowing the coating to form a substantially conformal film on the surface of the CNT product.
A colored carbon nanotube (CNT) product comprising:
- a body;
- a plurality of intermingled CNTs defining the body;
- and
- a coating bonded to a surface of the body, the coating having a color different than a color of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.