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US 5,827,997 AGranted
Metal filaments for electromagnetic interference shielding
OwnerDeborah D. L. Chung, Xiaoping Shuiinventors
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A material including filaments, which include a metal and an essentially coaxial core, each filament having a diameter less than 6 .mu.m, each core being essentially carbon, displays high effectiveness for shielding electromagnetic interference (EMI) when dispersed in a matrix to form a composite material. This matrix is selected from the group consisting of polymers, ceramics and polymer-ceramic combinations. This metal is selected from the group consisting of nickel, copper, cobalt, silver, gold, tin, zinc, nickel-based alloys, copper-based alloys, cobalt-based alloys, silver-based alloys, gold-based alloys, tin-based alloys and zinc-based alloys. The incorporation of 7 percent volume of this material in a matrix that is incapable of EMI shielding results in a composite that is substantially equal to copper in EMI shielding effectiveness at 1-2 GHz.
A material comprising filaments, each filament comprising a metal and an essentially coaxial core, each filament having a diameter less than 6 .mu.m, each core comprising essentially carbon, such that the incorporation of 7 percent volume of this material in a matrix that is incapable of electromagnetic interference shielding results in a composite that is substantially equal to copper in electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness at 1-2 GHz.
A material comprising filaments, said filaments comprising a metal and an essentially coaxial core, such that the core comprises essentially carbon, has a diameter less than 5 .mu.m, is made from one or more carbonaceous gases and the interface between core and metal contains essentially no polyaromatic hydrocarbon.
A material comprising filaments, wherein each of said filaments has a diameter less than 6 .mu.m and comprises a metal and an essentially coaxial core, such that the core comprises essentially carbon, is made from one or more carbonaceous gases and the interface between core and metal contains essentially no polyaromatic hydrocarbon.
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