Patent ID: 7723408
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: H01B

Abstract:
1. A method of making a composite material including a matrix material and a filler material comprising the steps of: (a) providing particles of a matrix material, the matrix material having a glass transition temperature; (b) providing particles of a filler material, the matrix material having an average particle size and the filler material having an average particle size, the average particle size of the matrix material being at least about 10 times larger than the average particle size of the filler material; (c) mechanically mixing the matrix material and filler material; (d) heating the mixture to a temperature above the glass transition temperature and below the melting point of the matrix material; and (e) compression molding the mixture of matrix material and filler material at a temperature and at a pressure and for an amount of time sufficient to cause the matrix material to form a pseudo-crystalline structure with a polyhedral microstructure and to achieve a desired amount of interconnectivity of the filler material within said composite material.