Patents Assigned to TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENTAL STATION
  • DISPERSION OF CARBON NANOTUBES AND NANOPLATELETS IN POLYOLEFINS
    Publication number: 20110220851
    Abstract: A method of dispersing nanotubes and/or nanoplatelets in a polyolefin is provided, involving A) preparing a solution comprising nanotubes or nanoplatelets or both; B) stirring the resulting solution from step (A); C) dissolving at least one polymeric material in the stirred solution from step (B) and isolating precipitates from the solution; and D) melt-blending the precipitates with at least one polyolefin, along with the nanocomposites prepared thereby, and articles formed from the nanocomposites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicants: JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATION, TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENTAL STATION
    Inventors: Hung-Jue SUE, Minhao WONG, Chien-Chia CHU, Yukihito ZANKA, Yuuji RYOUSHO