UV-CURABLE COATINGS CONTAINING CARBON NANOTUBES

摘要

The present invention provides a conductive, curable coating made from about 0.01. wt.% to about 5 wt.%, of multi-walled carbon nanotubes; having a diameter of greater than about 4 rim, about 10 wt.% to about 99 wt.% of an aliphatic urethane acrylate and about 0.1 wt.% to about 15 wt.% of a photoinitiator, wherein the coating is curable by exposure to radiation and wherein the, cured coating has a surface resistivity of about 102 Omega / □ lo about 1010 Omega/ □. A process for the production of such coatings is also provided. There are many applications where carbon nanotubes in a radiation curable coating may enhance properties other than conductivity, such as physical and thermal properties.