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Title: Method of forming a continuous polymeric skin on a cellular foam material

Abstract

Hydrophobic cellular material is coated with a thin hydrophilic polymer skin which stretches tightly over the outer surface of the foam but which does not fill the cells of the foam, thus resulting in a polymer-coated foam structure having a smoothness which was not possible in the prior art. In particular, when the hydrophobic cellular material is a specially chosen hydrophobic polymer foam and is formed into arbitrarily chosen shapes prior to the coating with hydrophilic polymer, inertial confinement fusion (ICF) targets of arbitrary shapes can be produced by subsequently coating the shapes with metal or with any other suitable material. New articles of manufacture are produced, including improved ICF targets, improved integrated circuits, and improved solar reflectors and solar collectors. In the coating method, the cell size of the hydrophobic cellular material, the viscosity of the polymer solution used to coat, and the surface tensin of the polymer solution used to coat are all very important to the coating.

Inventors:
 [1];  [1]
  1. Los Alamos, NM
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
865682
Patent Number(s):
US 4555313
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
method; forming; continuous; polymeric; cellular; foam; material; hydrophobic; coated; hydrophilic; polymer; stretches; tightly; outer; surface; fill; cells; resulting; polymer-coated; structure; smoothness; prior; particular; specially; chosen; formed; arbitrarily; shapes; coating; inertial; confinement; fusion; icf; targets; arbitrary; produced; subsequently; metal; suitable; articles; manufacture; including; improved; integrated; circuits; solar; reflectors; collectors; cell; size; viscosity; solution; coat; tensin; cellular material; coating method; foam material; suitable material; confinement fusion; solar collectors; inertial confinement; polymer foam; solar collector; outer surface; integrated circuits; integrated circuit; cell size; polymer solution; solar reflectors; icf target; icf targets; including improved; foam structure; hydrophobic polymer; improved solar; cellular foam; solar reflector; arbitrary shape; /164/205/427/

Citation Formats

Duchane, David V, and Barthell, Barry L. Method of forming a continuous polymeric skin on a cellular foam material. United States: N. p., 1985. Web.
Duchane, David V, & Barthell, Barry L. Method of forming a continuous polymeric skin on a cellular foam material. United States.
Duchane, David V, and Barthell, Barry L. 1985. "Method of forming a continuous polymeric skin on a cellular foam material". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/865682.
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abstractNote = {Hydrophobic cellular material is coated with a thin hydrophilic polymer skin which stretches tightly over the outer surface of the foam but which does not fill the cells of the foam, thus resulting in a polymer-coated foam structure having a smoothness which was not possible in the prior art. In particular, when the hydrophobic cellular material is a specially chosen hydrophobic polymer foam and is formed into arbitrarily chosen shapes prior to the coating with hydrophilic polymer, inertial confinement fusion (ICF) targets of arbitrary shapes can be produced by subsequently coating the shapes with metal or with any other suitable material. New articles of manufacture are produced, including improved ICF targets, improved integrated circuits, and improved solar reflectors and solar collectors. In the coating method, the cell size of the hydrophobic cellular material, the viscosity of the polymer solution used to coat, and the surface tensin of the polymer solution used to coat are all very important to the coating.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/865682}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985},
month = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985}
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