Abstract: A composite material that increases in temperature upon exposure to electromagnetic radiation includes single crystal silicon carbide whiskers and fibrils in a matrix material. Also disclosed are heat-generating objects that include the composite material, and a method of generating heat.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 29, 2007
Date of Patent:
June 27, 2017
Assignee:
Advanced Composite Materials, LLC
Inventors:
Thomas E. Quantrille, William M. Rogers
Abstract: A composite material that increases in temperature upon exposure to electromagnetic radiation includes single crystal silicon carbide whiskers and fibrils in a matrix material. Also disclosed are heat-generating objects that include the composite material, and a method of generating heat.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 12, 2009
Date of Patent:
February 11, 2014
Assignee:
Advanced Composite Materials, LLC
Inventors:
Thomas E. Quantrille, William M. Rogers
Abstract: Inorganic particulate or whiskers are surface-treated to facilitate receptivity to covalent bonding with a coupling agent. Surface treatment forms reactive groups that enable the inorganic particulate or whiskers to covalently bond to a reactive group of the coupling agent. The coupling agent also contains organofunctional groups, which in some examples may be covalently bonded to a polymer matrix by way of crosslinking or by co-polymerizing the functionalized particulate or whiskers together with polymer precursors. The resulting polymeric materials exhibit markedly improved abrasion resistance as well as other improved properties.
Abstract: A composite material that increases in temperature upon exposure to electromagnetic radiation comprising single crystal silicon carbide whiskers and fibrils in a matrix material. Also, heat-generating objects comprising the composite material, and a method of generating heat.