Methods of forming a thinned prepreg sheet

    公开(公告)号:US10232597B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-19

    申请号:US15429867

    申请日:2017-02-10

    Abstract: A method of forming a thinned prepreg sheet is disclosed. The method comprises providing a first precursor sheet comprising reinforcement fibers impregnated with a matrix resin in a first state. The method also comprises forming a second precursor sheet having a first thickness by cooling the first precursor sheet until the matrix resin is transformed from the first state to a second state. The method further comprises forming a crushed sheet comprising interstices having an average size by crushing the second precursor sheet, where the crushed sheet has a second thickness. The method also comprises forming the thinned prepreg sheet by heating the crushed sheet until the matrix resin is transformed from the second state to a third state. The thinned prepreg sheet has a third thickness less than the first thickness of the second precursor sheet.

    Interwoven carbon nanotube mats
    32.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10227719B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-12

    申请号:US15390602

    申请日:2016-12-26

    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for stitching together sheets of interwoven carbon nanotubes. One embodiment is a method that includes providing multiple sheets of interwoven carbon nanotubes, arranging the sheets over a substrate such that interstices of the sheets overlap at a stitch region of the substrate and heating catalysts at the substrate above a threshold temperature to trigger growth of new carbon nanotubes. The method also includes adjusting alignment of an electrical field that defines a direction of growth of the new carbon nanotubes, thereby causing the new carbon nanotubes to grow through the interstices and then stitch the sheets together.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FORMING A NANOTUBE MESH STRUCTURE

    公开(公告)号:US20170326575A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-16

    申请号:US15495006

    申请日:2017-04-24

    Abstract: A system for use in producing a nanotube mesh structure is provided. The system includes a first nanotube collection apparatus including a first substrate configured to collect a plurality of nanotubes substantially aligned in a first orientation on an attachment surface thereof, and a second nanotube collection apparatus including a second substrate configured to collect a plurality of nanotubes substantially aligned in a second orientation on an attachment surface thereof. The first and second nanotube collection apparatuses are configured to combine the pluralities of nanotubes at an interface. The system also includes a first energy source configured to direct energy towards the interface between the pluralities of nanotubes, wherein the energy is configured to join the pluralities of nanotubes to form the nanotube mesh structure.

    Systems and methods for making prepreg composite sheets including contoured charges

    公开(公告)号:US09815247B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-14

    申请号:US14630231

    申请日:2015-02-24

    Abstract: A system (100) for making a prepreg composite sheet (300) comprising contoured charges (308) comprises first means (102) for forming precursor outline regions (206) in a resin film layer (200). The system (100) also comprises second means (106) for impregnating a fiber reinforcement (220), comprising fibers (222), with the resin film layer (200), comprising the precursor outline regions (206), to form the prepreg composite sheet (300). The prepreg composite sheet (300), as so formed, comprises non-impregnated outline regions (310) that define the contoured charges (308). The non-impregnated outline regions (310) in the prepreg composite sheet (300) correspond to the precursor outline regions (206) in the resin film layer (200). The system (100) further comprises third means (104) for guiding the fiber reinforcement (220) and the resin film layer (200) to the second means (106). The resin film layer (200) comprises the precursor outline regions (206) formed by first means (102).

    GROWTH OF CARBON NANOTUBE (CNT) LEADS ON CIRCUITS IN SUBSTRATE-FREE CONTINUOUS CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (CVD) PROCESS
    40.
    发明申请
    GROWTH OF CARBON NANOTUBE (CNT) LEADS ON CIRCUITS IN SUBSTRATE-FREE CONTINUOUS CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (CVD) PROCESS 审中-公开
    碳基纳米管(CNT)在无基板连续化学气相沉积(CVD)工艺中的电路上的生长

    公开(公告)号:US20170077370A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-16

    申请号:US15287893

    申请日:2016-10-07

    Abstract: A method and structure for an electrical device and a plurality of electrical circuits including a plurality of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The method can include forming a first CNT catalyst layer including a plurality of first CNT catalyst plugs, a plurality of electrical circuits electrically coupled to the first CNT catalyst layer, and a second CNT catalyst layer including a plurality of second CNT catalyst plugs electrically coupled to the second CNT catalyst layer. CNTs may be simultaneously formed on the plurality of first and second CNT catalyst plugs within a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) furnace.

    Abstract translation: 一种电气装置和包括多个碳纳米管(CNT)的多个电路的方法和结构。 该方法可以包括形成第一CNT催化剂层,其包括多个第一CNT催化剂塞,电耦合到第一CNT催化剂层的多个电路,以及包括多个第二CNT催化剂塞的第二CNT催化剂层,该第二CNT催化剂层电耦合到 第二CNT催化剂层。 可以在化学气相沉积(CVD)炉内的多个第一和第二CNT催化剂塞上同时形成CNT。

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