High optical transparency polymer aerogels using low refractive index monomers
Abstract
A polymer aerogel has polymerizable monomers and crosslinkers, wherein at least one of the monomers or at least one of the crosslinkers has a refractive index of less than 1.5, and the polymer aerogel has a visible transmittance of at least 20%/3 mm, a haze of 50%/3 mm or lower, and a porosity of at least 10%. A method of producing an aerogel includes dissolving precursors into a solvent, wherein the precursors include monomers, crosslinkers, a controlling agent and an initiator to form a precursor solution, wherein at least one of the monomers or at least one of the crosslinkers has a refractive index of 1.5 or lower, polymerizing the precursor solution to form a gel polymer, and removing the solvent from the gel polymer to produce an aerogel polymer.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1823921
- Patent Number(s):
- 10995191
- Application Number:
- 16/228,472
- Assignee:
- Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08J - WORKING-UP
C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients
- DOE Contract Number:
- AR0000274
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 12/20/2018
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Bulger, Eli, Chintapalli, Mahati, Iftime, Gabriel, Van Overmeere, Quentin, Rivest, Jessica Louis Baker, Neelakantan, Ravi, and Meckler, Stephen. High optical transparency polymer aerogels using low refractive index monomers. United States: N. p., 2021.
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Bulger, Eli, Chintapalli, Mahati, Iftime, Gabriel, Van Overmeere, Quentin, Rivest, Jessica Louis Baker, Neelakantan, Ravi, & Meckler, Stephen. High optical transparency polymer aerogels using low refractive index monomers. United States.
Bulger, Eli, Chintapalli, Mahati, Iftime, Gabriel, Van Overmeere, Quentin, Rivest, Jessica Louis Baker, Neelakantan, Ravi, and Meckler, Stephen. Tue .
"High optical transparency polymer aerogels using low refractive index monomers". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1823921.
@article{osti_1823921,
title = {High optical transparency polymer aerogels using low refractive index monomers},
author = {Bulger, Eli and Chintapalli, Mahati and Iftime, Gabriel and Van Overmeere, Quentin and Rivest, Jessica Louis Baker and Neelakantan, Ravi and Meckler, Stephen},
abstractNote = {A polymer aerogel has polymerizable monomers and crosslinkers, wherein at least one of the monomers or at least one of the crosslinkers has a refractive index of less than 1.5, and the polymer aerogel has a visible transmittance of at least 20%/3 mm, a haze of 50%/3 mm or lower, and a porosity of at least 10%. A method of producing an aerogel includes dissolving precursors into a solvent, wherein the precursors include monomers, crosslinkers, a controlling agent and an initiator to form a precursor solution, wherein at least one of the monomers or at least one of the crosslinkers has a refractive index of 1.5 or lower, polymerizing the precursor solution to form a gel polymer, and removing the solvent from the gel polymer to produce an aerogel polymer.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 04 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Tue May 04 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
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