Polymeric blends for sensor and actuation dual functionality
    11.
    发明授权
    Polymeric blends for sensor and actuation dual functionality 失效
    用于传感器和驱动双重功能的聚合物混合物

    公开(公告)号:US06689288B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-02-10

    申请号:US10014158

    申请日:2001-11-28

    IPC分类号: H01B112

    摘要: The invention described herein supplies a new class of electroactive polymeric blend materials which offer both sensing and actuation dual functionality. The blend comprises two components, one component having a sensing capability and the other component having an actuating capability. These components should be co-processable and coexisting in a phase separated blend system. Specifically, the materials are blends of a sensing component selected from the group consisting of ferroelectric, piezoelectric, pyroelectric and photoelectric polymers and an actuating component that responds to an electric field in terms of dimensional change. Said actuating component includes, but is not limited to, electrostrictive graft elastomers, dielectric electroactive elastomers, liquid crystal electroactive elastomers and field responsive polymeric gels. The sensor functionality and actuation functionality are designed by tailoring the relative fraction of the two components. The temperature dependence of the piezoelectric response and the mechanical toughness of the dual functional blends are also tailored by the composition adjustment.

    摘要翻译: 本文描述的本发明提供了一类新的电活性聚合物共混材料,其提供了感测和致动双重功能。 共混物包括两个组分,一个组分具有感测能力,另一个组分具有致动能力。 这些组分应该是可共处理的并且在相分离的共混体系中共存。 具体地说,这些材料是从由铁电体,压电体,热电和光电聚合物组成的组中选择的感测组件和在尺寸变化方面对电场作出响应的致动组件的共混物。 所述致动组件包括但不限于电致伸缩接枝弹性体,介电电活性弹性体,液晶电活性弹性体和场响应聚合物凝胶。 传感器功能和致动功能通过调整两个部件的相对部分来设计。 双功能混合物的压电响应的温度依赖性和机械韧性也通过组合物调节来调整。

    Nanotubular toughening inclusions
    12.
    发明授权
    Nanotubular toughening inclusions 有权
    纳米管增韧夹杂物

    公开(公告)号:US09074066B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-07-07

    申请号:US13032045

    申请日:2011-02-22

    摘要: Conventional toughening agents are typically rubbery materials or small molecular weight molecules, which mostly sacrifice the intrinsic properties of a matrix such as modulus, strength, and thermal stability as side effects. On the other hand, high modulus inclusions tend to reinforce elastic modulus very efficiently, but not the strength very well. For example, mechanical reinforcement with inorganic inclusions often degrades the composite toughness, encountering a frequent catastrophic brittle failure triggered by minute chips and cracks. Thus, toughening generally conflicts with mechanical reinforcement. Carbon nanotubes have been used as efficient reinforcing agents in various applications due to their combination of extraordinary mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties. Moreover, nanotubes can elongate more than 20% without yielding or breaking, and absorb significant amounts of energy during deformation, which enables them to also be an efficient toughening agent, as well as excellent reinforcing inclusion. Accordingly, an improved toughening method is provided by incorporating nanotubular inclusions into a host matrix, such as thermoset and thermoplastic polymers or ceramics without detrimental effects on the matrix's intrinsic physical properties.

    摘要翻译: 常规增韧剂通常是橡胶状材料或小分子量分子,其主要牺牲基质的固有性质,例如作为副作用的模量,强度和热稳定性。 另一方面,高模量夹杂物倾向于非常有效地增强弹性模量,但是强度非常好。 例如,具有无机夹杂物的机械增强剂常常降低复合材料的韧性,遇到由碎片和裂纹引起的频繁的灾难性脆性破坏。 因此,增韧通常与机械加强冲突。 碳纳米管由于其非凡的机械,电气和热性能的组合,已经在各种应用中用作有效的增强剂。 此外,纳米管可以延伸超过20%而不产生或破裂,并且在变形期间吸收大量的能量,这使得它们也可以是有效的增​​韧剂,以及优异的增强夹杂物。 因此,通过将纳米管状夹杂物结合到主体基质如热固性和热塑性聚合物或陶瓷中而不会对基体的固有物理性质产生不利影响,提供了改进的增韧方法。

    Boron nitride and boron nitride nanotube materials for radiation shielding
    14.
    发明申请
    Boron nitride and boron nitride nanotube materials for radiation shielding 审中-公开
    氮化硼和氮化硼纳米管材料用于辐射屏蔽

    公开(公告)号:US20130119316A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-16

    申请号:US13068329

    申请日:2011-05-09

    IPC分类号: G21F1/10

    CPC分类号: G21F1/103 G21F1/00

    摘要: Effective radiation shielding is required to protect crew and equipment in various fields including aerospace, defense, medicine and power generation. Light elements and in particular hydrogen are most effective at shielding against high-energy particles including galactic cosmic rays, solar energetic particles and fast neutrons. However, pure hydrogen is highly flammable, has a low neutron absorption cross-section, and cannot be made into structural components. Nanocomposites containing the light elements Boron, Nitrogen, Carbon and Hydrogen as well dispersed boron nano-particles, boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) and boron nitride nano-platelets, in a matrix, provide effective radiation shielding materials in various functional forms. Boron and nitrogen have large neutron absorption cross-sections and wide absorption spectra. The incorporation of boron and nitrogen containing nanomaterials into hydrogen containing matrices provides composites that can effectively shield against neutrons and a wide range of radiation species of all energies without fragmentation and the generation of harmful secondary particles.

    摘要翻译: 需要有效的辐射屏蔽来保护航空航天,国防,医药和发电等各个领域的船员和设备。 轻元素,特别是氢是最有效的屏蔽高能粒子,包括星系宇宙射线,太阳能能粒子和快中子。 然而,纯氢是高度易燃的,具有低的中子吸收横截面,并且不能制成结构部件。 含有轻质元素的纳米复合材料可以提供各种功能形式的有效的辐射屏蔽材料,硼,氮,碳和氢以及分散的硼纳米颗粒,氮化硼纳米管(BNNTs)和氮化硼纳米血小板。 硼和氮具有大的中子吸收截面和宽的吸收光谱。 将含硼和氮的纳米材料掺入含氢基质提供了复合材料,可以有效地屏蔽所有能量的中子和宽范围的辐射种类,而不会产生碎片和产生有害的二次粒子。

    Negative Dielectric Constant Material Based on Ion Conducting Materials
    16.
    发明申请
    Negative Dielectric Constant Material Based on Ion Conducting Materials 有权
    基于离子导电材料的负介电常数材料

    公开(公告)号:US20110105293A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-05

    申请号:US12893289

    申请日:2010-09-29

    摘要: Metamaterials or artificial negative index materials (NIMs) have generated great attention due to their unique and exotic electromagnetic properties. One exemplary negative dielectric constant material, which is an essential key for creating the NIMs, was developed by doping ions into a polymer, a protonated poly(benzimidazole) (PBI). The doped PBI showed a negative dielectric constant at megahertz (MHz) frequencies due to its reduced plasma frequency and an induction effect. The magnitude of the negative dielectric constant and the resonance frequency were tunable by doping concentration. The highly doped FBI showed larger absolute magnitude of negative dielectric constant at just above its resonance frequency than the less doped PBI.

    摘要翻译: 由于其特有的和异乎寻常的电磁特性,超材料或人造负指数材料(NIM)引起了极大的关注。 通过将离子掺杂到聚合物质子化的聚(苯并咪唑)(PBI)中,开发了一种示例性的负介电常数材料,其是产生NIM的关键。 掺杂的PBI由于其降低的等离子体频率和诱导效应而以兆赫(MHz)频率显示出负的介电常数。 负介电常数和谐振频率的大小可以通过掺杂浓度来调节。 高掺杂的FBI在较高的谐振频率下显示出更大的负介电常数绝对值,而不是较少掺杂的PBI。

    Negative dielectric constant material based on ion conducting materials
    17.
    发明授权
    Negative dielectric constant material based on ion conducting materials 有权
    基于离子导电材料的负介电常数材料

    公开(公告)号:US08696940B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-04-15

    申请号:US12893289

    申请日:2010-09-29

    IPC分类号: H01B1/06

    摘要: Metamaterials or artificial negative index materials (NIMs) have generated great attention due to their unique and exotic electromagnetic properties. One exemplary negative dielectric constant material, which is an essential key for creating the NIMs, was developed by doping ions into a polymer, a protonated poly(benzimidazole) (PBI). The doped PBI showed a negative dielectric constant at megahertz (MHz) frequencies due to its reduced plasma frequency and an induction effect. The magnitude of the negative dielectric constant and the resonance frequency were tunable by doping concentration. The highly doped PBI showed larger absolute magnitude of negative dielectric constant at just above its resonance frequency than the less doped PBI.

    摘要翻译: 由于其特有的和异乎寻常的电磁特性,超材料或人造负指数材料(NIM)引起了极大的关注。 通过将离子掺杂到聚合物质子化的聚(苯并咪唑)(PBI)中,开发了一种示例性的负介电常数材料,其是产生NIM的关键。 掺杂的PBI由于其降低的等离子体频率和诱导效应而以兆赫(MHz)频率显示出负的介电常数。 负介电常数和谐振频率的大小可以通过掺杂浓度来调节。 高掺杂的PBI在较高的谐振频率下的负介电常数绝对值大于掺杂较少的PBI。

    Nanocomposites from stable dispersions of carbon nanotubes in polymeric matrices using dispersion interaction
    19.
    发明申请
    Nanocomposites from stable dispersions of carbon nanotubes in polymeric matrices using dispersion interaction 有权
    使用分散相互作用从碳纳米管在聚合物基质中稳定分散的纳米复合材料

    公开(公告)号:US20080275172A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-11-06

    申请号:US11644019

    申请日:2006-12-22

    IPC分类号: C08K3/00

    摘要: Stable dispersions of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in polymeric matrices include CNTs dispersed in a host polymer or copolymer whose monomers have delocalized electron orbitals, so that a dispersion interaction results between the host polymer or copolymer and the CNTs dispersed therein. Nanocomposite products, which are presented in bulk, or when fabricated as a film, fiber, foam, coating, adhesive, paste, or molding, are prepared by standard means from the present stable dispersions of CNTs in polymeric matrices, employing dispersion interactions, as presented hereinabove.

    摘要翻译: 碳纳米管(CNTs)在聚合物基质中的稳定分散体包括分散在其单体具有离域电子轨道的主体聚合物或共聚物中的CNT,使得在主体聚合物或共聚物与分散在其中的CNT之间产生分散相互作用。 通过标准方法通过标准方法制备纳米复合材料,其以体积呈现,或当制成膜,纤维,泡沫,涂层,粘合剂,糊剂或模塑时,由CNT在聚合物基质中的稳定分散体采用分散相互作用,如 如上所述。