Method for modifying surface properties with nanostructured chemicals

US8680215B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Hybrid Plastics, Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Joseph D. Lichtenhan · Petal, US
• Xuan Fu · Purvis, US
• Marion R. Blue · Richton, US
• Paul Wheeler · Hattiesburg, US
• Rahul Misra · Hattiesburg, US
• Sarah Morgan · Hattiesburg, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 25, 2010
• Grant date: Mar 25, 2014
• Expiry date: Jul 19, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08J2483/00
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method of using metallized and nonmetallized nanostructured chemicals as surface and volume modification agents within polymers and on the surfaces of nano and macroscopic particulates and fillers. Because of their 0.5 nm-3.0 nm size, nanostructured chemicals can be utilized to greatly increase surface area, improve compatibility, and promote lubricity between surfaces at a length scale not previously attainable.