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US 5,422,384 AGranted
Glass/polymer composites and methods of making
AssigneeBattelle Memorial Institute
InventorsW. D. Samuels, Gregory J. Exarhos
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Abstract
The present invention relates to new glass/polymer composites and methods for making them. More specifically, the invention is glass/polymer composites having phases that are at the molecular level and thereby practicably indistinguishable. The invention further discloses making molecular phase glass/polymer composites by mixing a glass and a polymer in a compatible solvent.
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A method of making a glass/polymer composite, comprising the steps of:
- (a) selecting a polar solvent;
- (b) dissolving a solid glass capable of being dissolved within the polar solvent, and causing to be present within the polar solvent at least one second solute that is a polymer, thereby forming a homogeneous mixture of said solutes;
- (c) removing said polar solvent within a predetermined time from formation of the homogeneous mixture and leaving a molecular mixture;
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- (d) heating the molecular mixture, thereby producing a solid glass/polymer composite wherein composite phases are individual molecules.
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