Process of making metal nanoparticles
US8101005B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 21, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jan 24, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 25, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S977/895
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process is described for making metal nanoparticles comprising (a) forming a liquid melt of a first metal having the composition of the desired nanoparticles and a second metal; (b) quenching the melt to form a solid; and (c) removing the second metal from the solid and forming the nanoparticles comprising the first metal.
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