Patent ID: 8813352
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L,H01B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for fabricating a conductor, said method comprising: separating, using a first electric field, a plurality of nano-scale material elements into metallic nano-scale elements and semi-conducting nano-scale elements; dispersing the metallic nano-scale material elements within a resin to provide a resin-nano-scale material mixture; extruding the resin-nano-scale material mixture into a channel such that the metallic nano-scale material elements are naturally aligned in a first direction; applying a second electric field to the resin-nano-scale material mixture to further align the metallic nano-scale material elements in the first direction within the resin-nano-scale material mixture, wherein the second electric field is applied to a portion of the resin-nano-scale material mixture while the portion is being extruded; and curing the resin-nano-scale material mixture.