Foam including surface-modified nanoparticles

US6586483B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Brant U. Kolb · Afton, US
• Jimmie R. Baran, Jr. · Prescott, US
• Michael A. Johnson · Stillwater, US
• Gordon G. Johnson · Lake Elmo, US
• Megan P. Lehmann · Stillwater, US
• John Sokalski · Roseville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 8, 2001
• Grant date: Jul 1, 2003
• Expiry date: Mar 28, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C09J2433/00
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A foam composition that includes a vehicle and surface-modified nanoparticles disposed in the vehicle. The individual nanoparticles having a particle diameter of less than about 100 nanometers.