Patent ID: 9738762
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: C08J,C08K

Claim:
1. A polymer nanofiller composite comprising: a polymer; one or more vulcanizing agent; and nanoclay or carbon nanomaterials dispersed within the polymer, wherein the nanoclay or carbon nanomaterials are functionalized to form a first nanofiller solution that improves chemical bonding between the nanoclay or carbon nanomaterials and the polymer, the nanoclay or carbon nanomaterials are carbon nanotubes (CNTs), carbon nanofibers (CNFs), or non-spherical nanoclays; wherein further the polymer is dissolved ina solvent to form a second polymer solution, the second polymer solution consist of the polymer, solvent, and the one or more vulcanizing agent, the nanoclay or carbon nanomaterials are dispersed within the polymer utilizing a solution based approach where the polymer nanofiller composite is formed from a mixture consisting of the first nanofiller solution and the second polymer solution, which uniformly distributes the nanofillers in the polymeric matrices, that is cured after mixing, and wherein the polymer nanofiller composite equal to or between 25-30 wt % of the nanoclay or carbon nanomaterials and equal to or between 70-99 wt % of the polymer.