Patent ID: 8787809

Claim:
A pressure member comprising: a substrate, and an outermost layer disposed over the substrate, wherein the outermost layer comprises a plurality of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), each CNT surrounded by a shell comprising an elastomeric material, the elastomeric material being dispersed within a fluoroplastic material for providing the outermost layer a tensile strength of at least about 3000 psi, wherein the elastomeric material is at least partially crosslinked to form the shell independent of the fluoroplastic material, and wherein the elastomeric material is selected from a group consisting of a fluoroelastomer, a perfluoroelastomer, a silicone, a fluorosilicone, a polysulfide, a polyphosphazene and a mixture thereof, and wherein the fluoroplastic material is different from the elastomeric material, the fluoroplastic material comprising a repeating unit corresponding to a monomer that is selected from a group consisting of tetrafluoroethylene (TFE), hexafluoropropylene (HFP), perfluoropropyl vinyl ether (PPVE), perfluoroethyl vinyl ether (PEVE), perfluoromethyl vinyl ether (PMVE), chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE), vinyl fluoride (VF), and vinylidene fluoride (VDF), and a combination thereof.