Patent ID: 11878261
Assignee: LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  D | IPC B  D

Claim 0:
1. A method for making a ceramic mini-tube configured for use in a fluid modification system, the method comprising:
using an electrospinning system to receive a quantity of precursor solution;
using the electrospinning system to create an electric field which causes the precursor solution, when emitted, to be stretched into a fiber jet;
depositing the fiber jet on a moving collector resulting in a fiber mat made up of pre-ceramic nanofibers;
removing the fiber mat from the collector, wherein the fiber mat is formed into a non-flat shape;
further processing the fiber mat so that the fiber mat retains the non-flat shape; and
performing a heat treatment operation to convert the fiber mat into a ceramic structure having the non-flat shape.