BOTTOM UP APPARATUS DESIGN FOR FORMATION OF SELF-PROPAGATING PHOTOPOLYMER WAVEGUIDES

    公开(公告)号:US20180341181A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-29

    申请号:US16053250

    申请日:2018-08-02

    Abstract: A system for forming a micro-truss structure including a reservoir having walls and a flat bottom configured to hold a volume of a liquid photomonomer configured to form a photopolymer when exposed to light, a partially transparent mask secured to, or being, the bottom of the reservoir, a release layer on the mask configured to resist adhesion by the photopolymer, and a blocker positioned a first distance below the mask. The system also includes a light source positioned below the blocker configured to produce collimated light suitable for causing conversion of the photomonomer into the photopolymer, and to which the blocker is opaque, and a first mirror, oblique to the blocker, configured to reflect the light from the light source around the blocker and through the mask and into the reservoir. The blocker is positioned to block a straight path of light from the light source to the mask.

    Ordered open-cellular carbon microstructure and method of making same

    公开(公告)号:US09926199B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-27

    申请号:US14041756

    申请日:2013-09-30

    Inventor: Alan J. Jacobsen

    Abstract: An ordered open-cellular carbon microstructure and a methods for forming the ordered open-cellular carbon microstructure capable of greatly improving the carbon yield (remaining mass % after carbonization) of an open-cellular polymer material. In one embodiment, the method starts with providing an ordered open-cellular polymer template material. The polymer template material is immersed in a reservoir containing a liquid monomer solution, wherein the liquid monomer solution swells the polymer material. Then the polymer template material is removed from the reservoir containing liquid monomer solution. Excess liquid monomer solution is removed from the polymer template material. The liquid monomer solution absorbed into the polymer template material is polymerized forming a copolymer material by irradiating the template material with ultraviolet (UV) light in a nitrogen environment. The copolymer material is heated in an inert atmosphere, wherein the copolymer material is carbonized resulting in the ordered open-cellular carbon microstructure.

    Method of forming a lightweight sandwich panel heat pipe

    公开(公告)号:US09797661B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-24

    申请号:US14042039

    申请日:2013-09-30

    Abstract: A method for creating a sandwich panel heat pipe is disclosed. A three-dimensional ordered micro-truss core comprising a plurality of periodically disposed unit cells comprising an open-cellular microstructure and a free space defined by the open-cellular microstructure wherein the core comprises a vapor region and a liquid region separated by a mesh structure. A first face sheet and a second face sheet are stacked with the three-dimensional ordered micro-truss core to form a heat pipe assembly with the mesh structure in the three-dimensional ordered micro-truss core being planar and substantially parallel to the first face sheet and the second face sheet. The first and second face sheets are bonded to enclose the three-dimensional ordered micro-truss core wherein the free space of the three-dimensional ordered micro-truss core between the first and second face sheets is filled with a working fluid through an inlet and the inlet is sealed.

    Three-dimensional micro-lattice battery structures with convective flow of electrolytes
    37.
    发明授权
    Three-dimensional micro-lattice battery structures with convective flow of electrolytes 有权
    具有电解质对流的三维微晶格电池结构

    公开(公告)号:US09590228B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-07

    申请号:US14530753

    申请日:2014-11-02

    Abstract: A new battery structure as disclosed allows convective flow of electrolyte through three-dimensional structured electrodes. Hierarchical battery structure design enables three-dimensional metal structures with fluid transport capabilities. Some variations provide a lithium-ion battery system with convective electrolyte flow, comprising: a positive electrode comprising a lithium-containing electrode material and a conductive network with hollow liquid-transport conduits; a negative electrode comprising a lithium-containing electrode material in the conductive network; a separator that electronically isolates the positive and negative electrodes; and a liquid electrolyte contained within the hollow liquid-transport conduits of the conductive network. The hollow liquid-transport conduits serve as structural members, and the walls of these conduits serve as current collectors. The conductive networks may include a micro-lattice structure with a cellular material formed of hollow tubes. Performance and thermal management of lithium-ion batteries (and other types of batteries) can be improved.

    Abstract translation: 所公开的新的电池结构允许电解质通过三维结构电极的对流。 分层电池结构设计使三维金属结构具有流体传输能力。 一些变型提供具有对流电解质流的锂离子电池系统,包括:包含含锂电极材料的正电极和具有中空液体输送导管的导电网络; 在导电网中包含含锂电极材料的负极; 电子隔离正极和负极的隔膜; 以及包含在导电网络的中空液体输送管道内的液体电解质。 中空的液体输送导管用作结构构件,并且这些导管的壁用作集流器。 导电网络可以包括具有由中空管形成的多孔材料的微格结构。 可以提高锂离子电池(和其他类型的电池)的性能和热管理。

    Micro-truss materials having in-plane material property variations
    39.
    发明授权
    Micro-truss materials having in-plane material property variations 有权
    具有平面内材料特性变化的微桁架材料

    公开(公告)号:US09405067B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-02

    申请号:US13802210

    申请日:2013-03-13

    Abstract: A micro-truss sheet having material properties varying across the sheet. The sheet may include a plurality of truss members intersecting at nodes. The diameter of the truss members at one point in the sheet may differ from the diameter of the truss members at another point in the sheet. In one embodiment the spacing between adjacent truss members may be different in one part of the sheet from the spacing between adjacent truss members in another part of the sheet.

    Abstract translation: 具有在片材上变化的材料性质的微型桁架片材。 片材可以包括在节点处相交的多个桁架构件。 桁架构件在片材中的一个点处的直径可以不同于桁架构件在片材中的另一点处的直径。 在一个实施例中,相邻桁架构件之间的间隔可以在片材的一部分与片材的​​另一部分中的相邻桁架构件之间的间隔不同。

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