公开(公告)号：US11352481B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-07

申请号：US16784146

申请日：2020-02-06

Applicant: Lyten, Inc.

Inventor： Michael W. Stowell ,  Bryce H. Anzelmo ,  Bruce Lanning ,  Daniel Cook ,  Elena Rogojina ,  Karel Vanheusden ,  Margaret Hines ,  John Baldwin ,  Chandra B. KC

IPC: C08K9/02 ,  C01B32/194 ,  C08K3/04 ,  C08K11/00 ,  C08K13/08 ,  H01J37/32

Abstract: Methods include producing tunable carbon structures and combining carbon structures with a polymer to form a composite material. Carbon structures include crinkled graphene. Methods also include functionalizing the carbon structures, either in-situ, within the plasma reactor, or in a liquid collection facility. The plasma reactor has a first control for tuning the specific surface area (SSA) of the resulting tuned carbon structures as well as a second, independent control for tuning the SSA of the tuned carbon structures. The composite materials that result from mixing the tuned carbon structures with a polymer results in composite materials that exhibit exceptional favorable mechanical and/or other properties. Mechanisms that operate between the carbon structures and the polymer yield composite materials that exhibit these exceptional mechanical properties are also examined.