公开(公告)号：US20160137806A1

公开(公告)日：2016-05-19

申请号：US14900903

申请日：2014-06-27

Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON THROUGH ITS CENTER FOR COMMERCIALIZATION

Inventor： Vipin Kumar ,  Huimin Guo

IPC: C08J9/28

CPC classification number: C08J9/28 ,  C08J9/122 ,  C08J2201/032 ,  C08J2203/06 ,  C08J2205/042 ,  C08J2205/05 ,  C08J2323/08 ,  C08J2333/12 ,  C08J2345/00 ,  C08J2367/02 ,  C08J2369/00 ,  C08J2381/06

Abstract: Disclosed is a solid state foaming method for the creation of nanofoams (about or less than 100 nm) by saturating thermoplastic polymers with liquid carbon dioxide, optionally, at low saturation temperatures of below room temperature and lower.

Abstract translation: 公开了通过使热塑性聚合物与液体二氧化碳饱和，任选地在低于室温或更低的低饱和温度下，产生纳米电子烟（大约或小于100nm）的固态发泡方法。

公开(公告)号：US10301446B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-28

申请号：US15023109

申请日：2014-09-19

Applicant: DART CONTAINER CORPORATION ,  THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON through its CENTER FOR COMMERCIALIZATION

Inventor： Krishna V. Nadella ,  Vipin Kumar ,  Huimin Guo

IPC: C08J9/16 ,  C08J9/12 ,  B29B13/00 ,  B29C44/34 ,  B29K67/00 ,  B29K101/12 ,  B29K105/04 ,  B29K105/00

Abstract: A method for generating a microstructure that includes microcellular bubbles, in a material that includes molecules of a thermoplastic polymer, comprises: determining a size-index for the material that represents an average size of the thermoplastic polymer molecules included in the material, and in response to the determined size-index, setting a parameter of a process to generate a microstructure in the material that includes microcellular bubbles. The process to generate a microstructure in the material includes: 1) infusing into the material, during a first period, a gas that does not react with the material, 2) making the gas-infused material thermodynamically unstable.

公开(公告)号：US20150119482A1

公开(公告)日：2015-04-30

申请号：US14390331

申请日：2013-04-09

Applicant: University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization

Inventor： Vipin Kumar ,  Brian Aher ,  Huimin Guo

IPC: C08J9/12 ,  C08J5/18

CPC classification number: C08J9/122 ,  B29C44/3453 ,  C08G2101/00 ,  C08J5/18 ,  C08J2201/032 ,  C08J2203/06 ,  C08J2205/044 ,  C08J2205/046 ,  C08J2300/22 ,  C08J2325/06 ,  C08J2333/12 ,  C08J2369/00 ,  C08J2375/04 ,  C08L75/04

Abstract: A method for creating a foam from a solid thermoplastic material is disclosed. The method includes heating a solid, noncellular thermoplastic material to a temperature greater than the material's glass transition temperature, and below the melting temperature, and then allowing the material to cool; after the material has cooled, saturating the cooled thermoplastic material with a non-reacting gas to provide a gas-saturated material; and heating the gas-saturated material below the melting temperature of the material so that the material remains a solid, and causes nucleation of bubbles, and creation of cells in the material.

Abstract translation: 公开了一种从固体热塑性材料制造泡沫的方法。 该方法包括将固体，非细胞热塑性材料加热到大于材料的玻璃化转变温度和低于熔融温度的温度，然后使材料冷却; 在材料冷却后，用非反应性气体使冷却的热塑性材料饱和以提供气体饱和的材料; 并将气体饱和材料加热到材料的熔融温度以下，使材料保持固体，并引起气泡的成核，并在材料中产生细胞。