Patent ID: 9229162
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: B29C,B82Y,C23C,G02B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A three-dimensional micro-truss structure comprising an interconnected ordered network of interpenetrating diamond tubes, wherein the ordered network comprises a plurality of first diamond tubes defined by a plurality of first self-propagating polymer waveguides extending along a first direction, a plurality of second diamond tubes defined by a plurality of second self-propagating polymer waveguides extending along a second direction, and a plurality of third diamond tubes defined by a plurality of third self-propagating polymer waveguides extending along a third direction, wherein the first, second, and third micro-truss diamond tubes interpenetrate each other at a plurality of nodes to form a continuous material, wherein the interconnected network of interpenetrating diamond tubes comprises an ordered diamond micro-truss network comprising a network of hollow tubes comprising diamond, and wherein the hollow tubes comprise bilayer walls comprising diamond and a material comprising at least one of: refractory metals, ceramics, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, hafnium carbide, chromium carbide, boron nitride, boron carbide, aluminum oxide, titanium diboride, titanium nitride, zirconium dioxide, titanium carbide, titanium carbonitride, tantalum carbide, tantalum nitride, or combinations thereof.