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US 9,751,974 B2Granted
Aminoanthracene—epoxy nanocomposite containing free anthracene
AssigneeHoneywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC
InventorsDaniel Bowen, Somnath Sarkar
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Abstract
Polymeric nanocomposite materials are provided comprising polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds. During polymer synthesis, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon groups are directly incorporated into the polymer network. Free polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds are also dispersed within the polymer matrix. The resulting nanocomposite materials exhibit improvements in the thermal, rheological, and physical properties, including reinforcement, of the polymer material as compared to the unmodified polymer.
Claims23
A nanocomposite material comprising:
- a polymer matrix comprising a polymeric material having one or more functionalized polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon moieties, wherein said one or more functionalized polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon moieties comprise fused aromatic rings;
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- from about 0.05 to about 25% by weight, based upon the weight of said nanocomposite material, of one or more functionalized or non-functionalized free polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds dispersed within said polymer matrix, wherein said one or more free polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds comprise fused aromatic rings.
A nanocomposite material comprising:
- a polymer matrix comprising an epoxy resin polymer having one or more functionalized polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon moieties, wherein said one or more functionalized polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon moieties comprise fused aromatic rings;
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- from about 0.05 to about 25% by weight, based upon the weight of said nanocomposite material, of a molecular nanofiller comprising one or more functionalized or non-functionalized free polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds dispersed within said polymer matrix, wherein said one or more free polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds comprise fused aromatic rings.
A method of producing a nanocomposite material comprising:
- providing one or more resin materials capable of reacting to form a polymeric material;
- mixing said one or more resin materials with at least one amino-functional polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compound, wherein said at least one amino-functional polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compound comprises fused aromatic rings;
- reacting said at least one amino-functional polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compound and said one or more resin materials under conditions sufficient to form a reaction mixture comprising a polymer having amino-functional polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon moieties derived from said at least one amino-functional polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compound, wherein said amino-functional polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon moieties comprise fused aromatic rings, and wherein said reaction mixture comprises said nanocomposite material, said nanocomposite material comprising from about 0.05 to about 25% by weight, based upon the weight of said nanocomposite material, of a molecular nanofiller comprising unreacted amino-functional polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compound.
A nanocomposite material comprising:
- a polymer matrix comprising a polymeric material having one or more polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon moieties and said polymeric material comprises an epoxy resin polymer, wherein said one or more polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon moieties comprise fused aromatic rings, wherein said one or more polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon moieties are attached to said epoxy resin polymer via nucleophilic addition to one or more epoxide moieties;
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- from about 0.05 to about 25% by weight, based upon the weight of said nanocomposite material, of one or more functionalized or non-functionalized free polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds dispersed within said polymer matrix, wherein said one or more free polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds comprise fused aromatic rings.
A nanocomposite material comprising:
- a polymer matrix comprising a polymeric material having one or more polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon moieties, wherein said one or more polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon moieties comprise fused aromatic rings;
- and
- from about 0.05 to about 25% by weight, based upon the weight of said nanocomposite material, of a free polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compound dispersed within said polymer matrix comprising an aminoanthracene compound.
A nanocomposite material comprising:
- a polymer matrix comprising an epoxy resin polymer having one or more polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon moieties, wherein said one or more polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon moieties comprise fused aromatic rings;
- and
- from about 0.05 to about 25% by weight, based upon the weight of said nanocomposite material, of a molecular nanofiller comprising a free polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compound dispersed within said polymer matrix an aminoanthracene compound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.