Patent ID: 7927666
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: C08K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of forming a carbon nanostructures/polymer composite material by the steps of: providing a first substrate having a predetermined configuration, providing a plurality of carbon nanostructures formed in a substantially predetermined architecture supported on the first substrate, providing at least one partially cured polymeric material onto a second substrate and positioning the partially cured polymeric material and second substrate onto the plurality of carbon nanostructures in a manner to encase the predetermined nanostructure architecture at least partially in the partially cured polymeric material, polymerizing the at least one partially cured polymeric material so as to fix the carbon nanostructures in position and stabilize the predetermined architecture, and removing the first substrate to form a composite of the second substrate with the carbon nanostructures at least partially encased in the polymeric material.