Anisotropic thermal applications of composites of ceramics and carbon nanotubes

US6976532B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

• Guodong Zhan · Spring, US
• Joshua D. Kuntz · Livermore, US
• Amiya K. Mukherjee · Davis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 26, 2003
• Grant date: Dec 20, 2005
• Expiry date: Jul 29, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S977/833
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Ceramic materials are converted to materials with anisotropic thermal properties by forming the ceramics into composites with carbon nanotubes dispersed therein and uniaxially compressing the composites in a direction in which a lower thermal conductivity is desired.