Accession Number:

ADD014671

Title:

Metal Clad Lipid Microstructures.

Descriptive Note:

Patent, filed 16 Jun 87, patented 27 Mar 90,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Schnur, Joel M.
• Yager, Paul
• Schoen, Paul E.
• Calvert, Jeffrey M.
• Georger, Jacque H.

Report Date:

1990-03-27

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

Tabular, spheroidal, and helical lipid microstructures are individually clad with a metal coat deposited on the microstructures by an electroless plating bath. In metal cladding the microstructures, the surfaces of the lipid microstructures are sensitized by adsorption thereon of a catalytic precursor which enables metal from the electroless plating bath to deposit upon and adhere to the sensitized surface. The metal plate is electrically conductive and may also be magnetic. A composite material is produced by embedding the metal clad microstructures in a matrix of a polymer such as an epoxy or a polyurethane. Keywords Patents. js

Descriptors:

• *METAL PLATES
• *MICROSTRUCTURE
• ADSORPTION
• BATHS
• CATALYSIS
• CLADDING
• COMPOSITE MATERIALS
• DEPOSITION
• ELECTROLESS PLATING
• EMBEDDING
• HELIXES
• LIPIDS
• METALS
• PATENTS
• POLYURETHANE RESINS
• PRECURSORS
• SENSITIZING
• SURFACES

Subject Categories:

• Properties of Metals and Alloys

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE