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Title: Magnetic field alignment of emulsions to produce porous articles

Abstract

The use of magnetic fields in the production of porous articles is generally described. Certain embodiments are related to methods of producing porous articles in which magnetic fields are applied to an emulsion to align emulsion droplets. In some embodiments, after the emulsion droplets have been aligned, the emulsion droplets and/or the medium surrounding the emulsion droplets can be removed to leave behind a porous article. According to certain embodiments, polyvinyl alcohol can be used, for example, to stabilize the emulsion droplets and/or bind together components of the porous article. In some embodiments, water-soluble liquid alcohol can be used, for example, to stabilize the suspension of electronically conductive material within a phase of the emulsion.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1650983
Patent Number(s):
10675819
Application Number:
15/390,295
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA); Northeastern University (Boston, MA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B03 - SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS B03C - MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS B29C - SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 12/23/2016
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS

Citation Formats

Li, Linsen, Sander, Jonathan Samuel, Chiang, Yet-Ming, and Erb, Randall Morgan. Magnetic field alignment of emulsions to produce porous articles. United States: N. p., 2020. Web.
Li, Linsen, Sander, Jonathan Samuel, Chiang, Yet-Ming, & Erb, Randall Morgan. Magnetic field alignment of emulsions to produce porous articles. United States.
Li, Linsen, Sander, Jonathan Samuel, Chiang, Yet-Ming, and Erb, Randall Morgan. Tue . "Magnetic field alignment of emulsions to produce porous articles". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1650983.
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