Method for synthesis of metal nanoparticles
US6974492B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 26, 2002 |
| Grant date | Dec 13, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 26, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/2993
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Metal nanoparticles containing two or more metals are formed by heating or refluxing a mixture of two or more metal salts, such as a metal acetates, and a passivating solvent, such as a glycol ether, at a temperature above the melting point of the metal salts for an effective amount of time.
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