MICROWAVE INDUCED CURING OF NANOMATERIALS FOR GEOLOGICAL FORMATION REINFORCEMENT

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APP PUB NO 20170107787A1
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15295509

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Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of forming a polymer composite by exposing a solution that includes nanomaterials (e.g., functionalized graphene nanoribbons) and cross-linkable polymer components (e.g., thermoset polymers and monomers) to a microwave source, where the exposing results in the curing of the cross-linkable polymer component in the presence of the nanomaterial to form the polymer composite. The solution may be exposed to a microwave source in a geological formation such that the formed polymer composite becomes embedded with the geological formation and thereby enhances the stability of the geological formation. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to the aforementioned polymer composites.

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WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITYHOUSTON TX

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Friedheim, James E Spring, US 2 4
Kim, Nam Dong Houston, US 14 16
Kovalchuk, Anton Katy, US 15 22
Metzger, Andrew Houston, US 26 208
Price-Hoelscher, Brandi Katherine Houston, US 3 14
Tour, James M Bellaire, US 171 2263

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