Aerogel attachment technology
AssigneeCardinal CG Company
InventorsReaz Ahmed Chowdhury, Megan E. Rose, Kari B. Myli
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Abstract
The invention provides a method of making an article including steps of (1) providing a solvent on a major surface of a glass sheet, or on a face of an aerogel sheet, or on both, (2) providing a solvent on a major surface of a glass sheet, or on a face of an aerogel sheet, or on both, (3) positioning the face of the aerogel sheet onto the major surface of the glass sheet to create a glass-aerogel article, and (4) drying the glass-aerogel article to evaporate at least some of the solvent and to facilitate adhesion between the glass sheet and aerogel sheet.
Claims41
A method of making an article, comprising:
- providing a solvent on a major surface of a glass sheet, or on a face of an aerogel sheet, or on both;
- positioning the face of the aerogel sheet onto the major surface of the glass sheet to create a glass-aerogel article;
- and
- drying the glass-aerogel article to evaporate at least some of the solvent and to facilitate adhesion between the glass sheet and aerogel sheet.
A method of making an article, comprising:
- providing water on a major surface of a glass sheet, or on a face of a hydrophobic aerogel sheet, or on both;
- positioning the face of the hydrophobic aerogel sheet onto the major surface of the glass sheet to create a glass-aerogel article;
- and
- drying the glass-aerogel article to evaporate at least some of the water and to facilitate adhesion between the glass sheet and hydrophobic aerogel sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.