	US 12,293,856 B2
	Copper nanowires and their use in plastics to improve thermal and electrical conductivity
Hung-Jue Sue, College Station, TX (US); Chia-Ying Tsai, College Station, TX (US); Kwang-Ming Chen, Kaohsiung (TW); Kun-Pei Hsieh, Kaohsiung (TW); Chao-Shun Chang, Kaohsiung (TW); and Ssu-Ping Huang, Kaohsiung (TW)
Assigned to THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, Bryan, TX (US); and FORMOSA PLASTICS CORPORATION, Kaohsiung (TW)
Filed by The Texas A&M University System, Bryan, TX (US); and FORMOSA PLASTICS CORPORATION, Kaohsiung (TW)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/348,418.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/039,301, filed on Jun. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0388180 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. H01B 1/22 (2006.01); B22F 1/054 (2022.01); B22F 1/07 (2022.01); B22F 1/102 (2022.01); B22F 9/24 (2006.01); C08J 3/20 (2006.01); C08J 3/205 (2006.01); C08J 3/215 (2006.01); C08K 3/08 (2006.01); C08K 7/06 (2006.01); C08K 9/04 (2006.01); C09K 5/14 (2006.01); B22F 1/107 (2022.01)

CPC H01B 1/22 (2013.01) [B22F 1/0547 (2022.01); B22F 1/07 (2022.01); B22F 1/102 (2022.01); B22F 9/24 (2013.01); C08J 3/201 (2013.01); C08J 3/2053 (2013.01); C08J 3/215 (2013.01); C08K 3/08 (2013.01); C08K 7/06 (2013.01); C08K 9/04 (2013.01); C09K 5/14 (2013.01); B22F 1/107 (2022.01); B22F 2301/10 (2013.01); B22F 2304/054 (2013.01); C08K 2003/085 (2013.01); C08K 2201/001 (2013.01); C08K 2201/011 (2013.01); C08K 2201/016 (2013.01)]

15 Claims

1. A plastic copper nanowire composition, comprising:

a plastic, wherein the plastic is polyethylene, polypropylene, a copolymer of ethylene with propylene or vinyl acetate, a terpolymer of acrylonitrile, butadiene, and styrene, polyvinylchloride, poly(methyl methacrylate), polycarbonate, nylon, polyurethane, epoxy, poly(ethylene terephthalate), or poly(vinyl ester); and

copper nanowires having an associated ligand with a structure HNR¹R², wherein R¹is hydrogen or an alkyl group, R²is an arylalkyl group, and the copper nanowires having the associated ligand are dispersed uniformly throughout the plastic.