Method of making a colloid and nanoporous layer
US10040948B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 15, 2017 |
| Grant date | Aug 7, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 15, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S977/92
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
This application features a method of forming a nanoporous layer. The method includes steps of reducing metal ions in a reverse micelle phase composition to form nanoparticles, removing surfactant from the composition to form clusters of the nanoparticles, dispensing the composition including the nanoparticle clusters dispersed in a liquid on a substrate, and drying to form the nanoporous layer. The nanoporous layer includes nanoparticles deposited to form a three dimensional network of irregularly shaped bodies. The nanoporous layer also includes a three dimensional network of intercluster spaces that are not occupied by the three dimensional network of irregularly shaped bodies.
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