Joseph A Dooley

US Patent:

20170183461, Jun 29, 2017

Filed:

Jan 30, 2015

Appl. No.:

15/118177

Inventors:

- Midland MI, US
Debkumar Bhattacharjee - Blue Bell PA, US
Joseph Dooley - Midland MI, US
Wenyi Huang - Midland MI, US
Todd O. Pangburn - Midland MI, US
Rajen M. Patel - Lake Jackson TX, US

International Classification:

C08J 5/18
B32B 27/32
B32B 3/20

Abstract:

The instant invention provides microcapillary films. The inventive microcapillary film according to the present invention comprises a first end and a second end, wherein the microcapillary film comprises: (a) a matrix comprising a thermoplastic material, (b) at least one or more channels disposed in parallel in said matrix from the first end to the second end of said film, wherein said one or more channels are at least 1 μm apart from each other, and wherein each said one or more channels have a diameter in the range of at least 1 μm; and wherein said microcapillary film comprise from 10 to 90 percent by volume of voidage, based on the total volume of the microcapillary film, and wherein said one or more channels has a aspect ratio in the range of from 1:1 to 100:1; and wherein said film has a thickness in the range of from 5 μm to 500 μm.