Reactors for forming foam materials from high internal phase emulsions, methods of forming foam materials and conductive nanostructures therein
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    Reactors for forming foam materials from high internal phase emulsions, methods of forming foam materials and conductive nanostructures therein 有权
    用于从高内相乳液形成泡沫材料的反应器,其中形成泡沫材料的方法和导电纳米结构

    公开(公告)号:US08475616B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-07-02

    申请号:US12794693

    申请日:2010-06-04

    Abstract: An RF inductor such as a Tesla antenna splices nanotube ends together to form a nanostructure in a polymer foam matrix. High Internal Phase Emulsion (HIPE) is gently sheared and stretched in a reactor comprising opposed coaxial counter-rotating impellers, which parallel-align polymer chains and also carbon nanotubes mixed with the oil phase. Stretching and forced convection prevent the auto-acceleration effect. Batch and continuous processes are disclosed. In the batch process, a fractal radial array of coherent vortices in the HIPE is preserved when the HIPE polymerizes, and helical nanostructures around these vortices are spliced by microhammering into longer helices. A disk radial filter produced by the batch process has improved radial flux from edge to center due to its area-preserving radial vascular network. In the continuous process, strips of HIPE are pulled from the periphery of the reactor continuously and post-treated by an RF inductor to produce cured conductive foam.

    Abstract translation: 诸如特斯拉天线的RF电感器将纳米管接合在一起以在聚合物泡沫基质中​​形成纳米结构。 将高内相乳液(HIPE)在包括相对的同向反向旋转叶轮的反应器中轻轻地剪切和拉伸,其平行对准聚合物链以及与油相混合的碳纳米管。 拉伸和强制对流防止自动加速效应。 公开了批量和连续过程。 在间歇过程中,当HIPE聚合时,HIPE中的相干旋涡的分形径向阵列被保留,并且围绕这些涡流的螺旋纳米结构通过微型加工被剪接成更长的螺旋。 通过间歇法生产的盘式径向过滤器由于其面积保持的径向血管网络而具有从边缘到中心的径向通量。 在连续过程中,HIPE条被连续地从反应器的外围拉出,并由RF电感器进行后处理以产生固化的导电泡沫。

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