Crystalline boron nitride aerogels

US9611146B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC · US
• The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

• Alexander K. Zettl · Kensington, US
• Michael Rousseas · Burlingame, US
• Anna P. Goldstein · Berkeley, US
• William Mickelson · Albany, US
• Marcus A. Worsley · Hayward, US
• Leta Woo · Oakland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 2014
• Grant date: Apr 4, 2017
• Expiry date: Apr 30, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C04B2235/80
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

This disclosure provides methods and materials related to boron nitride aerogels. In one aspect, a material comprises an aerogel comprising boron nitride. The boron nitride has an ordered crystalline structure. The ordered crystalline structure may include atomic layers of hexagonal boron nitride lying on top of one another, with atoms contained in a first layer being superimposed on atoms contained in a second layer.