SUPER PERFORMANCE MATERIALS &
TECHNICAL CERAMICS
US
10,059,595 B Ultrahigh Strength Nanomaterials And Methods Of
Manufacture..
The patent
details a general method of manufacturing high strength
ultrafine-grained nanostructured carbon and carbide materials.
Coatings, films, nanopaper, nanopaper laminates, fibers, and extended
objects can be manufactured by applying the disclosed methods. The
nanomaterials are useful for additive manufacturing of rapid
prototyped objects. A variety of nanoparticle starting materials are
divulged including but not limited to double walled carbon nanotubes,
fluorinated graphene nanosheets, silicon nanowires, and boron
nanoplatelets. The nanomaterials and ultra high strength articles
manufactured from them will have applications including laparoscopic
instruments, structural composites, heat sinks, heat spreaders,
electromagnetic interference shielding, ballistic protection,
aerospace components and also; gas turbines, wind power turbines,
rotor shafts, ultra lightweight high capacity electrical cables and
high current electrodes.