Method of making carbon nanotube composite materials
| Patent Number: | 8,728,566 |
| Issued: | 5/20/2014 |
| Official Filing: | View the Complete Patent |
| Abstract: | The present invention is a method of making a composite polymeric material by dissolving a vinyl thermoplastic polymer, un-functionalized carbon nanotubes and hydroxylated carbon nanotubes and optionally additives in a solvent to make a solution and removing at least a portion of the solvent after casting onto a substrate to make thin films. The material has enhanced conductivity properties due to the blending of the un-functionalized and hydroxylated carbon nanotubes. |
| Filed: | 9/1/2011 |
| Application Number: | 13/223,726 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |