Back to results
US 8,013,109 B2Granted
Industrially viable method for the production of polycarbynes, polymeric precursors to diamond and diamond like ceramics
OwnerLevent Kamil Toppare, Michael Walker Pitcherinventors
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
This invention is related to a new method of synthesizing polycarbynes. These polymers are known to produce diamond and diamond like ceramics upon heating, by plasma processing, and chemical vapour deposition. The method of synthesizing polycarbynes is characterized by, Placing trihaloalkanes (RCX3) or mixtures of them in any proportion, solvent (2) and electrolyte in a container (1), Application of electricity to electrodes (4) using a suitable power supply (3).
Claims10
A method of synthesizing polycarbynes comprising the steps of:
- placing trihaloalkanes (RCX3) or mixtures of them, solvent (2) and electrolyte in a container (1), and
- applying electricity to electrodes (4) in the container containing the trihaloalkanes RCX3 or mixtures of them solvent 2 and electrolyte, the electricity being supplied using a suitable power supply (3).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.