Method Of Providing Electrical Conductivity Properties In Biocomposite Materials

摘要

A method to provide enhanced electrical conductivity to the biocomposite material in which fibrous materials are initially combined and mixed with a polymer base. As the fibrous material and polymer are mixed or compounded, molecular bonds form between the fibrous material and the polymer. At this stage of the process the conductive material and/or particles are added to the mixture because the molecular bonds have formed in the biocomposite material, and the conductive particles cannot interfere with the bonding between the fibrous material and the polymer. The conductive particles are encapsulated by the biocomposite material such that the biocomposite mixture is formed with enhanced electrical conductivity properties, while not detrimentally affecting any of the other enhanced properties of the biocomposite material based on the molecular bonding between the fibrous material and the polymer.

主权项

1. A method for providing enhanced electrical conductive properties in a biocomposite material, the method comprising the steps of
a) mixing a fibrous material and a polymer to form a biocomposite mixture having molecular bonds formed between the fibrous material and the polymer; and b) mixing an amount of conductive particles with the biocomposite mixture after the formation of the molecular bonds between the fibrous material and the polymer.