1. A PROCESS FOR PREPARING A LOW CONTENT AND LOW DENSITY SYNTACTIC FOAM PRODUCT COMPRISING MIXING AN EPOXY BINDER RESIN, A FLEXIBILIZER RESIN AND A CURING AGENT TO FORM A FIRST MIXTURE COMPRISING FROM ABOUT 5 TO ABOUT 10 WEIGHT PERCENT OF THE FINAL PRODUCT, AGITATING SAID FIRST MIXTURE, ADDING SUFFICIENT SOLVENT IN A PROPORTION OF FROMABOUT 200 MILLILITRES TO ABOUT 550 MILLILITRES SOLVENT PER 100 GRAMS OF SAID FINAL PRODUCT TO SIAD FIRST MIXTURE DURING SAID AGITATION TO PROVIDE A HIGHLY FLUID STATE SECOND MIXTURE, AND WHILE FURTHER AGITATING, ADDING HOLLOW MICROSPHERES TO SAID SECOND MIXTURE, POURING SAID SECOND MIXTURE SAID HOLLOW MICROSPHERES INTO A PRECOOLED RECEPTACLE TO DEPTH NOT GREATER THAN 1/2 INCH, THEREAFTER FREEZING SAID SECOND MIXTURE, SUBLIMING SAID SOLVENT FROM SAID SECOND MIXTURE WHILE MAINTAINING SAID FROZEN CONDITION, SAID SUBLIMATION YIELDING A DRY PRODUCT, CORPRESS ING SAID DRY PRODUCT AT FROM ABOUT 90 TO ABOUT 200 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH AND CURING SAID COMPRESSED DEY PRODUCT YIELDING A SYNATACTIC FOAM PRODUCT HAVING A DENSITY OF FROM ABOUT 0.202 TO ABOUT 0.409 GRAMS PER CUBIC CENTIMETER AND A HOLLOW MICROSPHERE TO RESIN WEIGHT RATIO OF FROM ABOUT 90 T0 10 TO ABOUT 95 TO 5.
Abstract:
The invention provides networked polymeric nanofibers having a structure in which amorphous polymeric fibers are branched at multiple sites and having a diameter of from 1 nanometer to 100 nanometers. A solution of a polymer such as polystyrene in a good solvent thereof is rapidly frozen to form a nanoscale phase-separation structure of the polymer and the frozen solvent. The networked polymeric nanofibers can then be obtained upon removing the frozen solvent.
Abstract:
An aerogel that includes an open-cell structure and a polymer matrix is disclosed. The polymer matrix can include a branched polyimide polymer having a degree of branching of at least 0.5. The polymer matrix can contain less than 5% by weight of crosslinked polymers.
Abstract:
A macroporous-structured polymeric aerogel, and methods for making and using the same, having a polymeric matrix that includes macropores is disclosed.
Abstract:
Aerogel compositions, methods for preparing the aerogel compositions, articles of manufacture that include or are made from the aerogel compositions are described and uses thereof. The aerogels include a branched polyimide matrix with little to no crosslinked polymers.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for producing aerogel materials are generally described. In certain cases, the methods do not require supercritical drying as part of the manufacturing process. In some cases, certain combinations of materials, solvents, and/or processing steps may be synergistically employed so as to enable manufacture of large (e.g., meter-scale), substantially crack free, and/or mechanically strong aerogel materials.
Abstract:
A method of making an aerogel is described. The method can include obtaining a solution comprising polyamic acid and an imidazole, adding a dehydrating agent to the solution in an amount where the molar ratio of the imidazole to the dehydrating agent is 0.17:1 to 2.8:1 and reacting the solution at room temperature to 100° C. to produce a polymer matrix gel comprising a polyamic amide, and drying the polymer matrix gel to form an aerogel comprising an open-cell structured polymer matrix that includes 5 wt. % to 50 wt. % of the polyamic amide based on the total weight of the polymer aerogel.
Abstract:
Aerogel compositions that include polyamic amides, methods for preparing the aerogel compositions, and articles of manufacture that include or manufactured from the aerogel compositions are described.
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a method of producing a aerogel comprising of reacting first monomer with a second monomer in a reaction solvent to form a composition comprising a precursor polymer; forming a gel; conducting a solvent exchange process on the gel such that the resulting gel comprises an exchange solvent that has a freezing point; cooling the gel to a temperature below the freezing point of the exchange solvent; and subjecting the cooled gel to vacuum conditions to obtain the aerogel.
Abstract:
Novel absorbable foams, lyophilizing solutions, and lyophilizing and annealing processes are disclosed. The foams are made from copolymers of glycolide and epsilon-caprolactone. The foams are useful in or as implantable medical devices.