Patent ID: 9453120
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: C08K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A carbon nanotube/polymer composite material comprising, a plurality of carbon nanostructures formed into a predetermined architecture, each of the plurality of nanostructures having a substantially predetermined width and length, and the architecture of the plurality of nanostructures defining at least one orientation for a plurality of nanostructures, and defining the approximate spacing between nanostructures and/or groups of nanostructures, the carbon nanostructures architecture being at least partially embedded within a polymer matrix in a manner that the architecture is stabilized in the predetermined architecture, with the polymer matrix formed to have a substantially predetermined thickness, the carbon nanostructures being substantially vertically aligned and extending uniformly in one direction only, the carbon nanostructures architecture and polymer matrix being positionable between a first surface and a second surface, and the carbon nanostructures maintaining their substantial vertical alignment and uniform one-direction extension when the carbon nanostructures architecture and polymer matrix are positioned between, and under strain from, the first and second surfaces.