Polymer-clay nanocomposite comprising an amorphous oligomer

US6552113B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The University of South Carolina Research Foundation · US

Inventors

• Shriram Bagrodia · Kingsport, US
• Linda Gail Bernard · Kingsport, US
• Gary Wayne Connell · Church Hill, US
• John Walker Gilmer · Kingsport, US
• Tie Lan · Lake Zurich, US
• James C. Matayabas, Jr. · Chandler, US
• Jeffrey Todd Owens · Kingsport, US
• Vasiliki Psihogios · Wheeling, US
• Emerson Sharpe · Kingsport, US
• Sam Richard Turner · Kingsport, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 1, 2000
• Grant date: Apr 22, 2003
• Expiry date: Dec 1, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/1352
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

This invention is directed to a polymer-clay nanocomposite, products produced from the nanocomposite, and a process for preparing a polymer-clay nanocomposite. The polymer-clay nanocomposite comprises (a) a matrix polymer, (b) an amorphous oligomer, and (c) a layered clay material.