Discrete carbon nanotubes with targeted oxidation levels and stable gel formulations thereof

US10589997B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MOLECULAR REBAR DESIGN, LLC · US

Inventors

• Kurt W. Swogger · Austin, US
• Clive P. Bosnyak · Dripping Springs, US
• Nancy Henderson · Austin, US
• Malcolm Finlayson · Solana Beach, US
• Bryce Daniel Sturtevant · Austin, US
• Steve Hoenig · Lake Jackson, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 11, 2017
• Grant date: Mar 17, 2020
• Expiry date: Nov 2, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S977/962
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Discrete, individualized carbon nanotubes having targeted, or selective, oxidation levels and/or content on the interior and exterior of the tube walls are claimed. Such carbon nanotubes can have little to no inner tube surface oxidation, or differing amounts and/or types of oxidation between the tubes' inner and outer surfaces. These new discrete carbon nanotubes are useful in plasticizers, which can then be used as an additive in compounding and formulation of elastomeric, thermoplastic and thermoset composite for improvement of mechanical, electrical and thermal properties.