COMPOSITE MATERIALS INCLUDING INORGANIC FULLERENE-LIKE PARTICLES AND INORGANIC TUBULAR-LIKE PARTICLES IN A POLYMER MATRIX

• US 20140231148A1
• Filed: 02/14/2014
• Published: 08/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nanotech Industrial Solutions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nanotech Industrial Solutions, Inc.
• Inventors: Kverel, Eugene, Kreizman, Ronen, Diloyan, George, Shapira, Alon
• Granted Patent: US 10,557,014 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 175/320
• CPC Class Codes: C08K 2003/3009 Sulfides
• CPC Class Codes: C08K 3/04 Carbon
• CPC Class Codes: C08K 3/041 Carbon nanotubes
• CPC Class Codes: C08K 3/30 Sulfur-, selenium- or tellurium-containing compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C08K 7/00 Use of ingredients characterised by shape
• CPC Class Codes: C10M 125/22 Compounds containing sulfur, selenium or tellurium
• CPC Class Codes: C10M 149/14 a condensation reaction being involved
• CPC Class Codes: C23C 30/00 Coating with metallic material characterised only by the composition of the metallic material, i.e. not characterised by the coating process C23C26/00, C23C28/00 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C25D 15/00 Electrolytic or electrophoretic production of coatings containing embedded materials, e.g. particles, whiskers, wires
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 17/00 Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings

Abstract

A composite including a dispersed phase of an inorganic material of a metal chalcogenide composition with a fullerene-like or tubular-like geometry that is present in a polymeric matrix, wherein the inorganic material of the metal chalcogenide has a molecular formula MX₂, where M is a metallic element selected from the group consisting of titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), zirconium (Zr), niobium (Nb), molybdenum (Mo), technetium (Tc), ruthenium (Ru), rhodium (Rh), palladium (Pd), silver (Ag), cadmium (Cd), hafnium (Hf), tantalum (Ta), tungsten (W), rhenium (Re), osmium (Os), iridium (Ir), platinum (Pt), gold (Au), mercury (Hg) and combinations thereof, and X is a chalcogen element selected from the group consisting of sulfur (5), selenium (Se), tellurium (Te), oxygen (O) and combinations thereof.

Claims

1. A composite comprising:

a dispersed phase of an inorganic material of a metal chalcogenide composition with a fullerenelike or tubular-like geometry that is present in a polymeric matrix, wherein the inorganic material of the metal chalcogenide has a molecular formula MX₂, where M is a metallic element selected from the group consisting of titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), zirconium (Zr), niobium (Nb), molybdenum (Mo), technetium (Tc), ruthenium (Ru), rhodium (Rh), palladium (Pd), silver (Ag), cadmium (Cd), hafnium (Hf), tantalum (Ta), tungsten (W), rhenium (Re), osmium (Os), iridium (Ir), platinum (Pt), gold (Au), mercury (Hg) and combinations thereof, and X is a chalcogen element selected from the group consisting of sulfur (S), selenium (Se), tellurium (Te), oxygen (O) and combinations thereof.

2. The composite of claim 1, wherein the inorganic material of the metal chalcogenide having the molecular formula MX₂ is present in the polymer matrix in an amount of greater than 0.01% by volume.

3. The composite of claim 1, wherein the polymer matrix has a composition selected from the group consisting of elastomers, epoxies, thermoplastic polymers, polyamides, polyphthalamide, polyphthalamide blend, poly-amide-imide, polyethylene, cross-linked polyethylene, polyester, polyurethanes, polyproplenes, and combinations thereof.

4. The composite of claim 1, further comprising a carbon containing structure selected from the group consisting of a single wall carbon nanotube, a multi-wall carbon nanotube, graphite, carbon black, diamond like carbon (DLC) and a combination thereof.

5. The composite of claim 1, wherein the inorganic material of the metal chalcogenide having the molecular formula MX₂ is tungsten disulfide (WS₂), molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) or a combination thereof.

6. The composite of claim 1, wherein the inorganic material of the metal chalcogenide having the molecular formula MX₂ is a particle having a fullerene-like geometry and a diameter ranging from 1 nm to 300 nm.

7. The composite of claim 1, wherein the inorganic material of the metal chalcogenide having the molecular formula MX₂ is a particle having a tube-like geometry and a diameter ranging 1 nm to 300 nm and a length ranging from 10 nm to 15 cm.

8. A drilling string comprising:

a rotor and a stator within an external casing, the stator being composed of a composite having a dispersed phase of an inorganic material of a metal chalcogenide composition with a fullerene-like or tubular-like geometry that is present in a polymeric matrix, wherein the inorganic material of the metal chalcogenide has a molecular formula MX₂, where M is a metallic element selected from the group consisting of titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), zirconium (Zr), niobium (Nb), molybdenum (Mo), technetium (Tc), ruthenium (Ru), rhodium (Rh), palladium (Pd), silver (Ag), cadmium (Cd), hafnium (Hf), tantalum (Ta), tungsten (W), rhenium (Re), osmium (Os), iridium (Ir), platinum (Pt), gold (Au), mercury (Hg) and combinations thereof, and X is a chalcogen element selected from the group consisting of sulfur (S), selenium (Se), tellurium (Te), oxygen (O) and combinations thereof.

9. The drilling string of claim 8, wherein the inorganic material of the metal chalcogenide having the molecular formula MX₂ is present in the polymer matrix in an amount of greater than 0.1% by volume.

10. The drilling string of claim 8, wherein the polymer matrix has a composition selected form the group consisting of elastomers, epoxies, thermoplastic polymers, polyamides, polyphthalamide, polyphthalamide blend, poly-amide-imide, polyethylene, cross-linked polyethylene, polyester, polyurethanes, polyproplenes, and combinations thereof.

11. The drilling string of claim 8, further comprising a carbon containing structure selected from the group consisting of a single wall carbon nanotube, a multi-wall carbon nanotube, graphite, carbon black, diamond like carbon (DLC) and a combination thereof.

12. The drilling string of claim 8, wherein the inorganic material of the metal chalcogenide having the molecular formula MX₂ is tungsten disulfide (WS₂), molybdenum disulfide (MOS₂) or a combination thereof.

13. The drilling string of claim 8, wherein the inorganic material of the metal chalcogenide having the molecular formula MX₂ is a particle having a fullerene-like geometry and a diameter ranging from 1 nm to 300 nm.

14. The drilling string of claim 8, wherein the inorganic material of the metal chalcogenide having the molecular formula MX₂ is a particle having a tube-like geometry and a diameter ranging 1 nm to 300 nm and a length ranging from 10 nm to 15 cm.

15. A drill pipe for insertion into a wellbore produced by subterranean drilling with a drill string comprising:

a coating on an interior wall of the drill pipe, the coating is composed of a composite having a dispersed phase of an inorganic material of a metal chalcogenide composition with a fullerene-like or tubular-like geometry that is present in a polymeric matrix, wherein the inorganic material of the metal chalcogenide has a molecular formula MX₂, where M is a metallic element selected from the group consisting of titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), zirconium (Zr), niobium (Nb), molybdenum (Mo), technetium (Tc), ruthenium (Ru), rhodium (Rh), palladium (Pd), silver (Ag), cadmium (Cd), hafnium (Hf), tantalum (Ta), tungsten (W), rhenium (Re), osmium (Os), iridium (Ir), platinum (Pt), gold (Au), mercury (Hg) and combinations thereof, and x is a chalcogen element selected from the group consisting of sulfur (S), selenium (Se), tellurium (Te), oxygen (O) and combinations thereof.

16. The drill pipe of claim 15, wherein the inorganic material of the metal chalcogenide having the molecular formula MX₂ is present in the polymer matrix in an amount of greater than 0.1% by volume.

17. The drill pipe of claim 15, wherein the polymer matrix has a composition selected form the group consisting of elastomers, epoxies, thermoplastic polymers, polyamides, polyphthalamide, polyphthalamide blend, poly-amide-imide, polyethylene, cross-linked polyethylene, polyester, polyurethanes, polyproplenes, and combinations thereof.

18. The drill pipe of claim 15, further comprising a carbon containing structure selected from the group consisting of a single wall carbon nanotube, a multi-wall carbon nanotube, graphite, carbon black, diamond like carbon (DLC) and a combination thereof.

19. The drill pipe of claim 15, wherein the inorganic material of the metal chalcogenide having the molecular formula MX₂ is tungsten disulfide (WS₂), molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) or a combination thereof.

20. The drill pipe of claim 15, wherein the inorganic material of the metal chalcogenide having the molecular formula MX₂ is a particle having a fullerene-like geometry and a diameter ranging from 5 nm to 5 microns.