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Process for the production of nanoparticles

US5585020A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 3, 1994
Grant dateDec 17, 1996
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Expiry dateNov 3, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E30/10
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Nanoparticles are produced by exposing microparticles to an energy beam, particularly to a beam of laser light, above the ablation threshold of the microparticles. Nanoparticles are produced having a narrow size distribution.

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