2015-05-042015-05-042011-05-10Armeniades, Constantine D., Barrera, Enrique V. and Kim, Jong Dae, "Polymer / carbon-nanotube interpenetrating networks and process for making same." Patent US7938991B2. issued 2011-05-10. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1911/80055.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/80055The present invention is directed to new methods for combining, processing, and modifying existing materials, resulting in novel products with enhanced mechanical, electrical and electronic properties. The present invention provides for polymer/carbon nanotube composites with increased strength and toughness; beneficial for lighter and/or stronger structural components for terrestrial and aerospace applications, electrically and thermally conductive polymer composites, and electrostatic dissipative materials. Such composites rely on a molecular interpenetration between entangled single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and cross-linked polymers to a degree not possible with previous processes.18 ppengUtility patentUS7938991B2