NANOFIBER YARN SPINNING SYSTEM
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240060218A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-22

    申请号:US18498800

    申请日:2023-10-31

    IPC分类号: D02G1/02 D01H1/02

    CPC分类号: D02G1/022 D01H1/02

    摘要: Systems for fabricating nanofiber yarn at rates of at least 30 m/min (1.8 kilometers (km)/hour (hr)) using a “false twist” nanofiber yarn spinner and a false twist spinning technique are disclosed. In a false twist spinning technique, a twist is introduced to nanofibers in a strand by twisting the nanofibers at points between ends of the strand. This is in contrast to the “true twist” technique where one end of a strand is fixed and the opposing end of the strand is rotated to introduce the twist to intervening portions of yarn.

    TRANSFERRING NANOFIBER FORESTS BETWEEN SUBSTRATES

    公开(公告)号:US20230192492A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-22

    申请号:US18173345

    申请日:2023-02-23

    发明人: Chi HUYNH

    IPC分类号: C01B32/168

    CPC分类号: C01B32/168 B82Y30/00

    摘要: Techniques are described for transferring nanofiber forests using transfer films that either lack a conventional adhesive at the substrate - nanofiber forest interface or that include a diffusion barrier that prevents diffusion of adhesive molecules (or other polymer molecules mobile at ambient temperatures) into the nanofiber forest. These techniques can be applied to single layer nanofiber forests or stacks of multiple nanofiber forest. By selecting the bond strength between the nanofiber forest and the transfer films, the nanofibers can be aligned in a common direction that includes, but is not limited to, perpendicular to a substrate or transfer film.

    Nanofiber fabric
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11549205B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-10

    申请号:US16926301

    申请日:2020-07-10

    发明人: Marcio D. Lima

    摘要: A fabric of nanofibers that includes an adhesive is described. The nanofibers can be twisted or both twisted and coiled prior to formation into a fabric. The adhesive can be selectively applied to or infiltrated within portions of the nanofibers comprising the nanofiber fabric. The adhesive enables connection of the nanofiber fabric to an underlying substrate, even in cases in which the underlying substrate has a three-dimensional topography, while the selective location of the adhesive on the fabric limits the contact area between the adhesive and the nanofibers of the nanofiber fabric. This limited contact area can help preserve the beneficial properties of the nanofibers (e.g., thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity, infra-red (IR) radiation transparency) that otherwise might be degraded by the presence of adhesive.

    NANOFIBER FILTERED FILMS AND SOLUBLE SUBSTRATE PROCESSING

    公开(公告)号:US20220363543A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-17

    申请号:US17770812

    申请日:2020-10-23

    发明人: Marcio D. LIMA

    摘要: An apparatus and method for transferring nanofiber structures (e.g., nanofiber films, nanofiber sheets, stacks of nanofiber grids, nanofiber films, nanofiber sheets, and combinations thereof) between various substrates are described. The techniques described use a soluble layer on a substrate that is subsequently dissolved, thus freeing the nanofiber structure from the substrate. This liquid phase techniques preserves the mechanical integrity and the purity of the nanofiber structures.

    Carbon nanotube artificial muscle valve and connections

    公开(公告)号:US11491004B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-08

    申请号:US16763166

    申请日:2018-10-26

    发明人: Marcio Dias Lima

    IPC分类号: A61F2/08

    摘要: A carbon nanotube (CNT) artificial muscle valve includes a hollow CNT tube including: a plurality of CNT sheets wrapped in the form of a hollow tube; and a guest material disposed between the CNT sheets and that permeates the CNT sheets. At least one portion of the hollow CNT tube collapses in response to a pressure of a fluid in the hollow CNT tube exceeding a predetermined pressure. The at least one portion of the hollow CNT tube collapses because the at least one portion of the hollow CNT tube generates a torque non-uniformity relative of a remaining portion of the hollow CNT tube.