Patent ID: 9683299
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: C01B,C02F,C04B,C25B,F02B,F24S,F28D,Y02B,Y02E,Y02T,Y02W,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method of making a reinforced structural component, comprising: forming a precursor having a crystal structure with a plurality of lattice layers, wherein forming the precursor further includes forming a graphite crystal having a plurality of layers of carbon atoms, the layers being arranged along a longitudinal axis and separated from one another by a distance; implanting an interstitial exfoliation agent between at least some of the plurality of lattice layers; exfoliating the precursor with the implanted interstitial exfoliation agent at an exfoliating temperature; forming a surface support material around at least a portion of a circumference of the plurality of lattice layers in the exfoliated precursor wherein forming the surface support material includes attaching one or more layers of an adhesively coated graphite film to the plurality of lattice layers; coating the one or more graphite film with diamond-like carbon; and reordering the diamond-like carbon to graphite.