Patent ID: 8114517
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: B01J,B29C,B82Y,H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A micronetwork comprising a plurality of microcapsules connected to each other through microchannels, wherein the microchannels are cylindrical in shape; and wherein each cylindrical shaped microchannel comprises a wall that encloses a channel containing a liquid, wherein the liquid within each cylindrical shaped microchannel is encapsulated from a surrounding liquid during formation of the cylindrical shaped microchannel, wherein the cylindrical shaped microchannel is produced by a. fracturing one or more microcapsules suspended in the surrounding liquid; and b. releasing a liquid encapsulant from within the microcapsules to the surrounding liquid to form the cylindrical shaped microchannels connecting to nearby microcapsules, wherein the liquid encapsulant within the microcapsule is unpolymerized or uncured dicyclopentadiene (DCPD); and wherein the liquid within the microchannel further comprises the unpolymerized or uncured liquid DCPD and crack or corrosion inhibitors.