US 12,225,701 B1
Electromagnetic and radiation shielding using nanoforests
William A. Goodman, Albuquerque, NM (US); Mohammad Naghi Ghasemi-Nejhad, Honolulu, HI (US); Brenden M. Minei, Honolulu, HI (US); and Caleb Pierick, Honolulu, HI (US)
Assigned to Goodman Technologies LLC, Albuquerque, NM (US); and University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, HI (US)
Filed by Goodman Technologies LLC, Albuquerque, NM (US); and University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, HI (US)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/696,652.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/161,669, filed on Mar. 16, 2021.
Int. Cl. H05K 9/00 (2006.01); G21F 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 9/0083 (2013.01) [G21F 1/106 (2013.01); H05K 9/0088 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radiation shield comprising a nanoforest comprising vertically-oriented carbon nanotubes, the nanoforest embedded in a matrix comprising nanoparticulates;
wherein the nanoforest is disposed on a base, the base comprising a second nanoforest comprising horizontally-oriented carbon nanotubes.