The invention is directed to conformal coatings that provide excellent shielding against electromagnetic interference (EMI). A conformal coating comprises an insulating layer and a conducting layer containing electrically conductive material. The insulating layer comprises materials for protecting a
The invention is directed to conformal coatings that provide excellent shielding against electromagnetic interference (EMI). A conformal coating comprises an insulating layer and a conducting layer containing electrically conductive material. The insulating layer comprises materials for protecting a coated object. The conducting layer comprises materials that provide EMI shielding such as carbon black, carbon buckeyballs, carbon nanotubes, chemically-modified carbon nanotubes and combinations thereof. The insulating layer and the conductive layer may be the same or different, and may be applied to an object simultaneously or sequentially. Accordingly, the invention is also directed to objects that are partially or completely coated with a conformal coating that provides EMI shielding.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A conformal coating that provides EMI shielding, wherein said coating comprises: an insulating layer; and a conductive layer wherein said conductive layer comprises an electrically conductive material and said electrically conductive material comprises carbon nanotubes
The invention claimed is: 1. A conformal coating that provides EMI shielding, wherein said coating comprises: an insulating layer; and a conductive layer wherein said conductive layer comprises an electrically conductive material and said electrically conductive material comprises carbon nanotubes having an outer diameter of 3.5 nm or less, wherein the EMI shielding is at least 10 dB. 2. The conformal coating of claim 1, wherein said insulating layer comprises a material selected from the group consisting of polyurethanes, parylene, acrylics, epoxy, silicone and mixtures thereof. 3. The conformal coating of claim 1, wherein the conducting layer provides EMI shielding properties in the 10-70 dB attenuation range. 4. The conformal coating of claim 1, wherein the conducting layer has a surface resistance in the range of less than about 104 ohms/square. 5. The conformal coating of claim 1, wherein the conductive layer is over-coated with a polymeric layer comprising a conformal coating material selected from the group consisting of polyurethanes, parylene, acrylics, epoxies and silicone. 6. The conformal coating of claim 1, wherein the conductive layer further contains an electrically conductive material selected from the group consisting of carbon black, an electrically conductive metal, structurally-modified carbon nanotubes, chemically-modified carbon nanotubes and combinations thereof. 7. The conformal coating of claim 3, wherein the conducting layer provides EMI shielding properties in the 40-70 dB attenuation range. 8. The conformal coating of claim 1, wherein the carbon nanotubes are selected from the group consisting of single-walled nanotubes, double-walled nanotubes, multi-walled nanotubes, and mixtures thereof. 9. The conformal coating of claim 1, wherein the carbon nanotubes are substantially single-walled nanotubes. 10. The conformal coating of claim 1, wherein the carbon nanotubes are present in said nanotube-containing layer at about 0.1 to about 0.5%. 11. The conformal coating of claim 1, wherein the carbon nanotubes are oriented. 12. The conformal coating of claim 1, wherein the carbon nanotubes are chemically modified. 13. The conformal coating of claim 1, wherein the conductive layer further comprises a polymeric material, wherein the polymeric material comprises a material selected from the group consisting of thermoplastics, thermosetting polymers, elastomers, conducting polymers and combinations thereof. 14. The conformal coating of claim 1, wherein the conductive layer further comprises a polymeric material, wherein the polymeric material comprises a material selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, styrenic, polyurethane, polyimide, polycarbonate, polyethylene terephthalate, cellulose, gelatin, chitin, polypeptides, polysaccharides, polynucleotides and mixtures thereof. 15. The conformal coating of claim 1, wherein the conductive layer further comprises a polymeric material, wherein the polymeric material comprises a material selected from the group consisting of ceramic hybrid polymers, phosphine oxides, chalcogenides, and combinations thereof. 16. The conformal coating of claim 1, wherein the conductive layer further comprises a conformal coating material selected from the group consisting of polyurethanes, parylene, acrylics, epoxies, silicone and combinations thereof. 17. The conformal coating of claim 1, wherein the conductive layer further comprises a polymeric material wherein the nanotubes are dispersed substantially homogenously throughout the polymeric material. 18. The conformal coating of claim 1, wherein the conductive layer further comprises an additive selected from the group consisting of a dispersing agent, a binder, a cross-linking agent, a stabilizer agent, a coloring agent, a UV absorbent agent, a charge adjusting agent and combinations thereof. 19. The conformal coating of claim 1, wherein the conductive layer has a transmittance of at least about 60%. 20. The conformal coating of claim 1, wherein the carbon nanotubes are single-wall carbon nanotubes and the EMI shielding is from 10-70 dB attenuation range. 21. A coated substrate with EMI shielding comprising: a) a substrate; and b) conformal coating disposed on said substrate that provides at least 10 dB of EMI shielding, wherein said coating comprises: an insulating layer; and a carbon nanotube-containing layer disposed on said insulating layer, wherein said carbon nanotube-containing layer comprises a plurality of carbon nanotubes having an outer diameter of 3.5 nm or less. 22. The coated substrate of claim 21, wherein the substrate is part of a device component selected from the group consisting of keypads, catheters, integrated circuits, printed wire boards, printed circuit boards, hybrids, transducers, sensors, cores, accelerometers, catheters, coils, fiber optic components, heat exchangers, pacemakers, implants, flow meters, magnets, photoelectric cells, electrosurgical instruments, and plastic encapsulated microcircuits. 23. The coated substrate of claim 21, wherein the insulating layer comprises a material selected from the group consisting of polyurethanes, parylene, acrylics, epoxy and silicone. 24. The coated substrate of claim 21, wherein the carbon nanotubes are selected from the group consisting of single-walled nanotubes, double-walled nanotubes, multi-walled nanotubes, and mixtures thereof. 25. The coated substrate of claim 21, wherein the carbon nanotube-containing layer further comprises a conformal coating material selected from the group consisting of polyurethanes, parylene, acrylics, epoxies and silicone. 26. The coated substrate of claim 21, wherein the carbon nanotubes are substantially single-walled nanotubes. 27. The coated substrate of claim 21, wherein the carbon nanotube-containing layer has a surface resistance in the range of less than about 104 ohms/square. 28. The coated substrate of claim 21, wherein the carbon nanotube-containing layer further comprises an additive selected from the group consisting of a dispersing agent, a binder, a cross-linking agent, a stabilizer agent, a coloring agent, a UV absorbent agent, and a charge adjusting agent. 29. The coated substrate of claim 21, wherein the carbon nanotube-containing layer has a total transmittance of at least about 60%. 30. The coated substrate of claim 21, wherein the carbon nanotubes are oriented. 31. The coated substrate of claim 21, wherein the carbon nanotube-containing layer is over-coated with a polymeric layer comprising a conformal coating material selected from the group consisting of polyurethanes, parylene, acrylics, epoxies and silicone. 32. The coated substrate of claim 21, wherein the carbon nanotube-containing layer provides EMI shielding properties in the 10-70 dB attenuation range. 33. The coated substrate of claim 21, wherein the carbon nanotubes are chemically modified. 34. The coated substrate of claim 21, wherein the carbon nanotubes are single-wall carbon nanotubes the EMI shielding is from 10-70 dB attenuation range.
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