Fabrication and application of nanofiber ribbons and sheets and twisted and non-twisted nanofiber yarns

US9944529B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System · US

Inventors

• Mei Zhang · Beijing, CN
• Shaoli Fang · Richardson, US
• Ray H. Baughman · Morristown, US
• Anvar A. Zakhidov · McKinney, US
• Kenneth Ross Atkinson · Elmore, AU
• Ali E. Aliev · Dallas, US
• Sergey Li · Dallas, US
• Chris Williams · Dallas, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 7, 2016
• Grant date: Apr 17, 2018
• Expiry date: Jul 7, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/30
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process of producing a yarn, ribbon or sheet that includes nanofibers in which the process includes forming a yarn, ribbon or sheet comprising nanofibers, and applying an enhancing agent comprising a polymer to the yarn, ribbon or sheet.