US 12,378,375 B2
In situ bonding of carbon fibers and nanotubes to polymer matrices
Thomas J. Nosker, Stockton, NJ (US); Jennifer K. Lynch-Branzoi, Belle Mead, NJ (US); Bernard H. Kear, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US); and Nofel Z. Whieb, Hilla Babylon (IQ)
Assigned to RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY, New Brunswick, NJ (US)
Filed by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (US)
Filed on Jul. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/353,708.
Application 18/353,708 is a division of application No. 17/305,499, filed on Jul. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,702,518.
Application 17/305,499 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/319,692, granted, now 11,059,945, issued on Jul. 13, 2021, previously published as PCT/US2017/043368, filed on Jul. 21, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/365,652, filed on Jul. 22, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0018315 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C08J 5/06 (2006.01); B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); C08J 3/20 (2006.01); C08J 3/22 (2006.01); C08J 3/24 (2006.01); C08J 5/00 (2006.01); C08K 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC C08J 5/06 (2013.01) [B29C 64/118 (2017.08); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); C08J 3/203 (2013.01); C08J 3/226 (2013.01); C08J 3/242 (2013.01); C08J 5/005 (2013.01); C08K 3/041 (2017.05); C08J 2371/00 (2013.01); C08J 2377/06 (2013.01); C08K 3/042 (2017.05); C08K 3/046 (2017.05); C08L 2205/22 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A carbon fiber-reinforced polymer matrix composite comprising carbon fibers distributed into a carbon-containing molten polymer phase comprising one or more carbon-containing polymers under sufficient condition of shear such that the carbon-containing polymers in the carbon-containing molten polymer phase are cross-linked by direct covalent bonds to the ends of the carbon fibers,
wherein the carbon fiber ends comprise dangling bonds, reactive free radicals, or a combination thereof.