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Method of producing metal quantum dots

US5965212A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 27, 1998
Grant dateOct 12, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 27, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/3556
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Metal quantum dots are produced from a solution of the metal salt when the solution is passed through an electrostatic capillary nozzle (3) into a chamber (7). The nozzle (3) produces an aerosol of droplets (4) of the solution which is then irradiated using laser light (8). The solution evaporates from the droplets to form quantum dots of the metal element on a substrate 5 in the chamber 7.

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