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US 9,926,427CHEMICAL-FREE PRODUCTION OF GRAPHENE-REINFORCED POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES
Aruna Zhamu
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FIG. 1, the prior art chemical processes for producing graphene sheets or platelets alone typically involve immersing graphite powder in a mixture of …
FIG.2 A flow chart showing the presently invented process for producing graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composites via an energy impacting appa r atus. FI …
FIG.3 shows a flow chart illustrating the commonly used prior art process of in situ polymerization to produce polymer/graphene and polymer/graphene oxide …
FIG. 4 is a commonly used prior art process of solution mixing. In the most common method, previously produced graphene platelets a r e added to …
FIG. 5. [Lopez-Manchado et al, "Graphene Filled Polymer Nanocomposites", J. Mater. Chem. Vol. 21 Issue 10, pp. 3301 -3310]. In the most common method, graphene …
FIG. 6 A diagram showing the presently invented process for producing graphene-reinforced 30 polymer matrix composites via an energy impacting appa r atus. 17
FIG. 7 A diagram showing the presently invented process for producing graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composites via a continuous ball mill.
FIG.8(B) Transmission electron micrograph of graphene sheets produced by the presently invented impact energy method. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED …
Claims define the patent's legal scope. Independent claims stand alone; dependent claims (nested) narrow them. Click a claim to expand its dependents.
A method of producing a graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composite directly from a graphitic material, said method comprising: (a) mixing multiple particles of a graphitic material and multiple particles of a solid polymer carrier material to form a mixture in an impacting chamber of an energy impacting apparatus, wherein said impacting chamber does not contain an impacting ball and wherein the energy impacting apparatus is a vibratory ball mill, planetary ball mill, high energy mill, basket mill, agitator ball mill, cryo ball mill, micro ball mill, tumbler ball mill, continuous ball mill, stirred ball mill, pressurized ball mill, freezer mill, vibrator y sieve, bead mill, nano bead mill, ultrasonic homogenizer mill, centrifugal planetar y mixer, vacuum ball mill, or resonant acoustic mixer; and (b) operating said energy impacting apparatus with a frequency and an intensity for a length of time sufficient for peeling off graphene sheets from said graphitic material and transferring said graphene sheets to surfaces of said solid polymer carrier material particles to produce graphene-coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles inside said impacting chamber, and recovering said graphene-coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles from said impacting chamber, wherein said solid polymer carrier material has a thickness or diameter greater than 1 pm. Currently amended
The method of claim 1, further comprising a step (c) of forming said graphene- coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles into a graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composite. Original
The method of claim 1, wherein said solid polymer material particles include plastic or rubber beads, pellets, spheres, wires, fibers, filaments, discs, ribbons, or rods, having a diameter or thickness less than 10 mm. Previously presented
The method of claim 1, wherein said solid polymer carrier material includes micron- or nanometer-scaled particles that can be dissolved in a solvent or melted above a melting temperature, and said method includes a step of dissolving or melting said solid polymer carrier material for forming said polymer matrix composites. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said graphitic material is selected from natural graphite, synthetic graphite, highly oriented pyrolytic graphite, graphite fiber, graphitic nano- fiber, graphite fluoride, oxidized graphite, chemically modified graphite, exfoliated graphite, recompressed exfoliated graphite, expanded graphite, meso-carbon micro-bead, or a combination thereof. Original
The method of claim 1, wherein said graphitic material contains a non- intercalated and nonoxidized graphitic material that has never been previously exposed to a chemical or oxidation treatment prior to said mixing step. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said graphene sheets contain single-layer graphene sheets. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said graphene sheets contain at least 80 % single- layer graphene or at least 80 % few-layer graphene having no greater than 10 graphene planes. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said graphene sheets contain pristine graphene, oxidized graphene with less than 5 % oxygen content by weight, graphene fluoride, graphene fluoride with less than 5 % fluorine by weight, graphene with a carbon content no less than 95% by weight, or chemically modified graphene. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said impacting chamber further contains a modifier filler selected from a carbon fiber, ceramic fiber, glass fiber, carbon nanotube, carbon nano-fiber, metal nano wire, metal particle, ceramic particle, glass powder, carbon particle, graphite particle, organic particle, or a combination thereof. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said polymer is selected from a thermoplastic polymer, thermosetting resin, rubber or elastomer, semi-penetrating network polymer, penetrating network polymer, wax, gum, mastic or a combination thereof. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said impacting chamber further contains a functionalizing agent and said step (b) of operating said energy impacting apparatus act to chemically functionalize said graphene sheets with said functionalizing agent. Original
A method of producing a graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composite directly from a graphitic material, said method comprising: (a) mixing multiple particles of a graphitic material and multiple particles of a solid polymer carrier material to form a mixture in an impacting chamber of an energy impacting apparatus, wherein a plurality of impacting balls or media are added to the impacting chamber of said energy impacting apparatus and wherein the energy impacting apparatus is a vibratory ball mill, high energy mill, basket mill, agitator ball mill, micro ball mill, tumbler ball mill, continuous ball mill, pressurized ball mill, freezer mill, vibrator y sieve, bead mill, nano bead mill, ultrasonic homogenizer mill, centrifugal planetary mixer, vacuum ball mill, or resonant acoustic mixer; and (b) operating said energy impacting apparatus with a frequency and an intensity for a length of time sufficient for peeling off graphene sheets from said graphitic material and transferring said graphene sheets to surfaces of said solid polymer carrier material particles to produce graphene-coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles inside said impacting chamber, and recovering said graphene-coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles from said impacting chamber, wherein said solid polymer carrier material has a thickness or diameter greater than 1 pm. Currently amended
The method of claim 3, wherein a magnet is used to separate the impacting balls or media from the graphene-coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles. Original
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Layer stacks claimed or described, ordered top of device to substrate.
graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composite
Materials described outside the worked examples.
graphitic material
solid polymer carrier material
Additional fabrication and treatment steps described in the patent.
Measurements and analyses referenced in the patent, with their drawing references.
FIG.8(B) Transmission electron micrograph of graphene sheets produced by the presently invented impact energy method. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED …
Performance values and ranges asserted in the specification or claims.
| Property | Value | Material |
|---|---|---|
Duration | 600–7200 s | — |
Thickness | 1–20 mm |
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US 9,926,427Patent drawings and their descriptions. Click a drawing to enlarge it.
FIG. 1, the prior art chemical processes for producing graphene sheets or platelets alone typically involve immersing graphite powder in a mixture of …
FIG.2 A flow chart showing the presently invented process for producing graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composites via an energy impacting appa r atus. FI …
FIG.3 shows a flow chart illustrating the commonly used prior art process of in situ polymerization to produce polymer/graphene and polymer/graphene oxide …
FIG. 4 is a commonly used prior art process of solution mixing. In the most common method, previously produced graphene platelets a r e added to …
FIG. 5. [Lopez-Manchado et al, "Graphene Filled Polymer Nanocomposites", J. Mater. Chem. Vol. 21 Issue 10, pp. 3301 -3310]. In the most common method, graphene …
FIG. 6 A diagram showing the presently invented process for producing graphene-reinforced 30 polymer matrix composites via an energy impacting appa r atus. 17
FIG. 7 A diagram showing the presently invented process for producing graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composites via a continuous ball mill.
FIG.8(B) Transmission electron micrograph of graphene sheets produced by the presently invented impact energy method. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED …
Claims define the patent's legal scope. Independent claims stand alone; dependent claims (nested) narrow them. Click a claim to expand its dependents.
A method of producing a graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composite directly from a graphitic material, said method comprising: (a) mixing multiple particles of a graphitic material and multiple particles of a solid polymer carrier material to form a mixture in an impacting chamber of an energy impacting apparatus, wherein said impacting chamber does not contain an impacting ball and wherein the energy impacting apparatus is a vibratory ball mill, planetary ball mill, high energy mill, basket mill, agitator ball mill, cryo ball mill, micro ball mill, tumbler ball mill, continuous ball mill, stirred ball mill, pressurized ball mill, freezer mill, vibrator y sieve, bead mill, nano bead mill, ultrasonic homogenizer mill, centrifugal planetar y mixer, vacuum ball mill, or resonant acoustic mixer; and (b) operating said energy impacting apparatus with a frequency and an intensity for a length of time sufficient for peeling off graphene sheets from said graphitic material and transferring said graphene sheets to surfaces of said solid polymer carrier material particles to produce graphene-coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles inside said impacting chamber, and recovering said graphene-coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles from said impacting chamber, wherein said solid polymer carrier material has a thickness or diameter greater than 1 pm. Currently amended
The method of claim 1, further comprising a step (c) of forming said graphene- coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles into a graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composite. Original
The method of claim 1, wherein said solid polymer material particles include plastic or rubber beads, pellets, spheres, wires, fibers, filaments, discs, ribbons, or rods, having a diameter or thickness less than 10 mm. Previously presented
The method of claim 1, wherein said solid polymer carrier material includes micron- or nanometer-scaled particles that can be dissolved in a solvent or melted above a melting temperature, and said method includes a step of dissolving or melting said solid polymer carrier material for forming said polymer matrix composites. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said graphitic material is selected from natural graphite, synthetic graphite, highly oriented pyrolytic graphite, graphite fiber, graphitic nano- fiber, graphite fluoride, oxidized graphite, chemically modified graphite, exfoliated graphite, recompressed exfoliated graphite, expanded graphite, meso-carbon micro-bead, or a combination thereof. Original
The method of claim 1, wherein said graphitic material contains a non- intercalated and nonoxidized graphitic material that has never been previously exposed to a chemical or oxidation treatment prior to said mixing step. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said graphene sheets contain single-layer graphene sheets. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said graphene sheets contain at least 80 % single- layer graphene or at least 80 % few-layer graphene having no greater than 10 graphene planes. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said graphene sheets contain pristine graphene, oxidized graphene with less than 5 % oxygen content by weight, graphene fluoride, graphene fluoride with less than 5 % fluorine by weight, graphene with a carbon content no less than 95% by weight, or chemically modified graphene. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said impacting chamber further contains a modifier filler selected from a carbon fiber, ceramic fiber, glass fiber, carbon nanotube, carbon nano-fiber, metal nano wire, metal particle, ceramic particle, glass powder, carbon particle, graphite particle, organic particle, or a combination thereof. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said polymer is selected from a thermoplastic polymer, thermosetting resin, rubber or elastomer, semi-penetrating network polymer, penetrating network polymer, wax, gum, mastic or a combination thereof. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said impacting chamber further contains a functionalizing agent and said step (b) of operating said energy impacting apparatus act to chemically functionalize said graphene sheets with said functionalizing agent. Original
A method of producing a graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composite directly from a graphitic material, said method comprising: (a) mixing multiple particles of a graphitic material and multiple particles of a solid polymer carrier material to form a mixture in an impacting chamber of an energy impacting apparatus, wherein a plurality of impacting balls or media are added to the impacting chamber of said energy impacting apparatus and wherein the energy impacting apparatus is a vibratory ball mill, high energy mill, basket mill, agitator ball mill, micro ball mill, tumbler ball mill, continuous ball mill, pressurized ball mill, freezer mill, vibrator y sieve, bead mill, nano bead mill, ultrasonic homogenizer mill, centrifugal planetary mixer, vacuum ball mill, or resonant acoustic mixer; and (b) operating said energy impacting apparatus with a frequency and an intensity for a length of time sufficient for peeling off graphene sheets from said graphitic material and transferring said graphene sheets to surfaces of said solid polymer carrier material particles to produce graphene-coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles inside said impacting chamber, and recovering said graphene-coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles from said impacting chamber, wherein said solid polymer carrier material has a thickness or diameter greater than 1 pm. Currently amended
The method of claim 3, wherein a magnet is used to separate the impacting balls or media from the graphene-coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles. Original
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Layer stacks claimed or described, ordered top of device to substrate.
graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composite
Materials described outside the worked examples.
graphitic material
solid polymer carrier material
Additional fabrication and treatment steps described in the patent.
Measurements and analyses referenced in the patent, with their drawing references.
FIG.8(B) Transmission electron micrograph of graphene sheets produced by the presently invented impact energy method. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED …
Performance values and ranges asserted in the specification or claims.
| Property | Value | Material |
|---|---|---|
Duration | 600–7200 s | — |
Thickness | 1–20 mm |
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US 9,926,427Patent drawings and their descriptions. Click a drawing to enlarge it.
FIG. 1, the prior art chemical processes for producing graphene sheets or platelets alone typically involve immersing graphite powder in a mixture of …
FIG.2 A flow chart showing the presently invented process for producing graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composites via an energy impacting appa r atus. FI …
FIG.3 shows a flow chart illustrating the commonly used prior art process of in situ polymerization to produce polymer/graphene and polymer/graphene oxide …
FIG. 4 is a commonly used prior art process of solution mixing. In the most common method, previously produced graphene platelets a r e added to …
FIG. 5. [Lopez-Manchado et al, "Graphene Filled Polymer Nanocomposites", J. Mater. Chem. Vol. 21 Issue 10, pp. 3301 -3310]. In the most common method, graphene …
FIG. 6 A diagram showing the presently invented process for producing graphene-reinforced 30 polymer matrix composites via an energy impacting appa r atus. 17
FIG. 7 A diagram showing the presently invented process for producing graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composites via a continuous ball mill.
FIG.8(B) Transmission electron micrograph of graphene sheets produced by the presently invented impact energy method. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED …
Claims define the patent's legal scope. Independent claims stand alone; dependent claims (nested) narrow them. Click a claim to expand its dependents.
A method of producing a graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composite directly from a graphitic material, said method comprising: (a) mixing multiple particles of a graphitic material and multiple particles of a solid polymer carrier material to form a mixture in an impacting chamber of an energy impacting apparatus, wherein said impacting chamber does not contain an impacting ball and wherein the energy impacting apparatus is a vibratory ball mill, planetary ball mill, high energy mill, basket mill, agitator ball mill, cryo ball mill, micro ball mill, tumbler ball mill, continuous ball mill, stirred ball mill, pressurized ball mill, freezer mill, vibrator y sieve, bead mill, nano bead mill, ultrasonic homogenizer mill, centrifugal planetar y mixer, vacuum ball mill, or resonant acoustic mixer; and (b) operating said energy impacting apparatus with a frequency and an intensity for a length of time sufficient for peeling off graphene sheets from said graphitic material and transferring said graphene sheets to surfaces of said solid polymer carrier material particles to produce graphene-coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles inside said impacting chamber, and recovering said graphene-coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles from said impacting chamber, wherein said solid polymer carrier material has a thickness or diameter greater than 1 pm. Currently amended
The method of claim 1, further comprising a step (c) of forming said graphene- coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles into a graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composite. Original
The method of claim 1, wherein said solid polymer material particles include plastic or rubber beads, pellets, spheres, wires, fibers, filaments, discs, ribbons, or rods, having a diameter or thickness less than 10 mm. Previously presented
The method of claim 1, wherein said solid polymer carrier material includes micron- or nanometer-scaled particles that can be dissolved in a solvent or melted above a melting temperature, and said method includes a step of dissolving or melting said solid polymer carrier material for forming said polymer matrix composites. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said graphitic material is selected from natural graphite, synthetic graphite, highly oriented pyrolytic graphite, graphite fiber, graphitic nano- fiber, graphite fluoride, oxidized graphite, chemically modified graphite, exfoliated graphite, recompressed exfoliated graphite, expanded graphite, meso-carbon micro-bead, or a combination thereof. Original
The method of claim 1, wherein said graphitic material contains a non- intercalated and nonoxidized graphitic material that has never been previously exposed to a chemical or oxidation treatment prior to said mixing step. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said graphene sheets contain single-layer graphene sheets. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said graphene sheets contain at least 80 % single- layer graphene or at least 80 % few-layer graphene having no greater than 10 graphene planes. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said graphene sheets contain pristine graphene, oxidized graphene with less than 5 % oxygen content by weight, graphene fluoride, graphene fluoride with less than 5 % fluorine by weight, graphene with a carbon content no less than 95% by weight, or chemically modified graphene. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said impacting chamber further contains a modifier filler selected from a carbon fiber, ceramic fiber, glass fiber, carbon nanotube, carbon nano-fiber, metal nano wire, metal particle, ceramic particle, glass powder, carbon particle, graphite particle, organic particle, or a combination thereof. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said polymer is selected from a thermoplastic polymer, thermosetting resin, rubber or elastomer, semi-penetrating network polymer, penetrating network polymer, wax, gum, mastic or a combination thereof. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said impacting chamber further contains a functionalizing agent and said step (b) of operating said energy impacting apparatus act to chemically functionalize said graphene sheets with said functionalizing agent. Original
A method of producing a graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composite directly from a graphitic material, said method comprising: (a) mixing multiple particles of a graphitic material and multiple particles of a solid polymer carrier material to form a mixture in an impacting chamber of an energy impacting apparatus, wherein a plurality of impacting balls or media are added to the impacting chamber of said energy impacting apparatus and wherein the energy impacting apparatus is a vibratory ball mill, high energy mill, basket mill, agitator ball mill, micro ball mill, tumbler ball mill, continuous ball mill, pressurized ball mill, freezer mill, vibrator y sieve, bead mill, nano bead mill, ultrasonic homogenizer mill, centrifugal planetary mixer, vacuum ball mill, or resonant acoustic mixer; and (b) operating said energy impacting apparatus with a frequency and an intensity for a length of time sufficient for peeling off graphene sheets from said graphitic material and transferring said graphene sheets to surfaces of said solid polymer carrier material particles to produce graphene-coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles inside said impacting chamber, and recovering said graphene-coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles from said impacting chamber, wherein said solid polymer carrier material has a thickness or diameter greater than 1 pm. Currently amended
The method of claim 3, wherein a magnet is used to separate the impacting balls or media from the graphene-coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles. Original
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Layer stacks claimed or described, ordered top of device to substrate.
graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composite
Materials described outside the worked examples.
graphitic material
solid polymer carrier material
Additional fabrication and treatment steps described in the patent.
Measurements and analyses referenced in the patent, with their drawing references.
FIG.8(B) Transmission electron micrograph of graphene sheets produced by the presently invented impact energy method. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED …
Performance values and ranges asserted in the specification or claims.
| Property | Value | Material |
|---|---|---|
Duration | 600–7200 s | — |
Thickness | 1–20 mm |
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US 9,926,427Patent drawings and their descriptions. Click a drawing to enlarge it.
FIG. 1, the prior art chemical processes for producing graphene sheets or platelets alone typically involve immersing graphite powder in a mixture of …
FIG.2 A flow chart showing the presently invented process for producing graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composites via an energy impacting appa r atus. FI …
FIG.3 shows a flow chart illustrating the commonly used prior art process of in situ polymerization to produce polymer/graphene and polymer/graphene oxide …
FIG. 4 is a commonly used prior art process of solution mixing. In the most common method, previously produced graphene platelets a r e added to …
FIG. 5. [Lopez-Manchado et al, "Graphene Filled Polymer Nanocomposites", J. Mater. Chem. Vol. 21 Issue 10, pp. 3301 -3310]. In the most common method, graphene …
FIG. 6 A diagram showing the presently invented process for producing graphene-reinforced 30 polymer matrix composites via an energy impacting appa r atus. 17
FIG. 7 A diagram showing the presently invented process for producing graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composites via a continuous ball mill.
FIG.8(B) Transmission electron micrograph of graphene sheets produced by the presently invented impact energy method. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED …
Claims define the patent's legal scope. Independent claims stand alone; dependent claims (nested) narrow them. Click a claim to expand its dependents.
A method of producing a graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composite directly from a graphitic material, said method comprising: (a) mixing multiple particles of a graphitic material and multiple particles of a solid polymer carrier material to form a mixture in an impacting chamber of an energy impacting apparatus, wherein said impacting chamber does not contain an impacting ball and wherein the energy impacting apparatus is a vibratory ball mill, planetary ball mill, high energy mill, basket mill, agitator ball mill, cryo ball mill, micro ball mill, tumbler ball mill, continuous ball mill, stirred ball mill, pressurized ball mill, freezer mill, vibrator y sieve, bead mill, nano bead mill, ultrasonic homogenizer mill, centrifugal planetar y mixer, vacuum ball mill, or resonant acoustic mixer; and (b) operating said energy impacting apparatus with a frequency and an intensity for a length of time sufficient for peeling off graphene sheets from said graphitic material and transferring said graphene sheets to surfaces of said solid polymer carrier material particles to produce graphene-coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles inside said impacting chamber, and recovering said graphene-coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles from said impacting chamber, wherein said solid polymer carrier material has a thickness or diameter greater than 1 pm. Currently amended
The method of claim 1, further comprising a step (c) of forming said graphene- coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles into a graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composite. Original
The method of claim 1, wherein said solid polymer material particles include plastic or rubber beads, pellets, spheres, wires, fibers, filaments, discs, ribbons, or rods, having a diameter or thickness less than 10 mm. Previously presented
The method of claim 1, wherein said solid polymer carrier material includes micron- or nanometer-scaled particles that can be dissolved in a solvent or melted above a melting temperature, and said method includes a step of dissolving or melting said solid polymer carrier material for forming said polymer matrix composites. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said graphitic material is selected from natural graphite, synthetic graphite, highly oriented pyrolytic graphite, graphite fiber, graphitic nano- fiber, graphite fluoride, oxidized graphite, chemically modified graphite, exfoliated graphite, recompressed exfoliated graphite, expanded graphite, meso-carbon micro-bead, or a combination thereof. Original
The method of claim 1, wherein said graphitic material contains a non- intercalated and nonoxidized graphitic material that has never been previously exposed to a chemical or oxidation treatment prior to said mixing step. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said graphene sheets contain single-layer graphene sheets. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said graphene sheets contain at least 80 % single- layer graphene or at least 80 % few-layer graphene having no greater than 10 graphene planes. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said graphene sheets contain pristine graphene, oxidized graphene with less than 5 % oxygen content by weight, graphene fluoride, graphene fluoride with less than 5 % fluorine by weight, graphene with a carbon content no less than 95% by weight, or chemically modified graphene. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said impacting chamber further contains a modifier filler selected from a carbon fiber, ceramic fiber, glass fiber, carbon nanotube, carbon nano-fiber, metal nano wire, metal particle, ceramic particle, glass powder, carbon particle, graphite particle, organic particle, or a combination thereof. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said polymer is selected from a thermoplastic polymer, thermosetting resin, rubber or elastomer, semi-penetrating network polymer, penetrating network polymer, wax, gum, mastic or a combination thereof. Original
The method of claim 1 wherein said impacting chamber further contains a functionalizing agent and said step (b) of operating said energy impacting apparatus act to chemically functionalize said graphene sheets with said functionalizing agent. Original
A method of producing a graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composite directly from a graphitic material, said method comprising: (a) mixing multiple particles of a graphitic material and multiple particles of a solid polymer carrier material to form a mixture in an impacting chamber of an energy impacting apparatus, wherein a plurality of impacting balls or media are added to the impacting chamber of said energy impacting apparatus and wherein the energy impacting apparatus is a vibratory ball mill, high energy mill, basket mill, agitator ball mill, micro ball mill, tumbler ball mill, continuous ball mill, pressurized ball mill, freezer mill, vibrator y sieve, bead mill, nano bead mill, ultrasonic homogenizer mill, centrifugal planetary mixer, vacuum ball mill, or resonant acoustic mixer; and (b) operating said energy impacting apparatus with a frequency and an intensity for a length of time sufficient for peeling off graphene sheets from said graphitic material and transferring said graphene sheets to surfaces of said solid polymer carrier material particles to produce graphene-coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles inside said impacting chamber, and recovering said graphene-coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles from said impacting chamber, wherein said solid polymer carrier material has a thickness or diameter greater than 1 pm. Currently amended
The method of claim 3, wherein a magnet is used to separate the impacting balls or media from the graphene-coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles. Original
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Layer stacks claimed or described, ordered top of device to substrate.
graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composite
Materials described outside the worked examples.
graphitic material
solid polymer carrier material
Additional fabrication and treatment steps described in the patent.
Measurements and analyses referenced in the patent, with their drawing references.
FIG.8(B) Transmission electron micrograph of graphene sheets produced by the presently invented impact energy method. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED …
Performance values and ranges asserted in the specification or claims.
| Property | Value | Material |
|---|---|---|
Duration | 600–7200 s | — |
Thickness | 1–20 mm |
Related documents with shared materials, methods, properties, or citations.
graphene-coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles
graphene sheets
oxidized graphene
graphene fluoride
chemically modified graphene
modifier filler
functionalizing agent
FIG.8(B) Transmission electron micrograph of graphene sheets produced by the presently invented impact energy method. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED …
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Duration | 5–120 hours | — |
Duration | ≤ 4 hours | — |
Thickness | ≥ 1 nm | — |
Thickness | ≤ 10 mm | — |
graphene-coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles
graphene sheets
oxidized graphene
graphene fluoride
chemically modified graphene
modifier filler
functionalizing agent
FIG.8(B) Transmission electron micrograph of graphene sheets produced by the presently invented impact energy method. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED …
| — |
Duration | 5–120 hours | — |
Duration | ≤ 4 hours | — |
Thickness | ≥ 1 nm | — |
Thickness | ≤ 10 mm | — |
graphene-coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles
graphene sheets
oxidized graphene
graphene fluoride
chemically modified graphene
modifier filler
functionalizing agent
FIG.8(B) Transmission electron micrograph of graphene sheets produced by the presently invented impact energy method. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED …
| — |
Duration | 5–120 hours | — |
Duration | ≤ 4 hours | — |
Thickness | ≥ 1 nm | — |
Thickness | ≤ 10 mm | — |
graphene-coated or graphene-embedded polymer particles
graphene sheets
oxidized graphene
graphene fluoride
chemically modified graphene
modifier filler
functionalizing agent
FIG.8(B) Transmission electron micrograph of graphene sheets produced by the presently invented impact energy method. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED …
| — |
Duration | 5–120 hours | — |
Duration | ≤ 4 hours | — |
Thickness | ≥ 1 nm | — |
Thickness | ≤ 10 mm | — |