277 results about "Nano sized particle" patented technology

The present invention relates to a method of producing particles having a particle size of less than 100 nm and surface areas of at least 20 m2 / g where the particles are free from agglomeration. The method involves synthesizing the particles within an emulsion having a 1-40% water content to form reverse micelles. In particular, the particles formed are metal oxide particles. The particles can be used to oxidize hydrocarbons, particularly methane.

A method of forming particles comprises accelerating a stream comprising a liquid; and vibrating the stream, to form particles. The particle may have a diameter that is smaller than the diameter of the nozzle used to form the stream, allowing for the formation of micro- and nano-sized particle.

Special liquid droplet targets that are irradiated by a high power laser and are plasmarized to form a point source EUV, XUV and x-ray source. Various types of liquid droplet targets include metallic solutions, and nano-sized particles in solutions having a melting temperature lower than the melting temperature of some or all of the constituent metals, used a laser point source target droplets. The solutions have no damaging debris and can produce plasma emissions in the X-rays, XUV, and EUV(extreme ultra violet) spectral ranges of approximately 0.1 nm to approximately 100 nm, approximately 11.7 nm and 13 nm, approximately 0.5 nm to approximately 1.5 nm, and approximately 2.3 nm to approximately 4.5 nm. The second type of target consists of various types of liquids which contain as a miscible fluid various nano-size particles of different types of metals and non-metal materials.

The present invention describes methods for preparing high quality nanoparticles, i.e., metal oxide based nanoparticles of uniform size and monodispersity. The nanoparticles advantageously comprise organic alkyl chain capping groups and are stable in air and in nonpolar solvents. The methods of the invention provide a simple and reproducible procedure for forming transition metal oxide nanocrystals, with yields over 80%. The highly crystalline and monodisperse nanocrystals are obtained directly without further size selection; particle size can be easily and fractionally increased by the methods. The resulting nanoparticles can exhibit magnetic and / or optical properties. These properties result from the methods used to prepare them. Also advantageously, the nanoparticles of this invention are well suited for use in a variety of industrial applications, including cosmetic and pharmaceutical formulations and compositions.

The present invention is directed to a particulate pharmaceutical composition. The particulate pharmaceutical composition can comprise a water-soluble or partially water-soluble polymer matrix; and a plurality of nano-sized particles of active agent which are sparingly water-soluble to water-insoluble dispersed in the water-soluble or partially water-soluble polymer matrix. The particulate pharmaceutical composition can be micronized or in the form of a film that can be rolled up. If micronized, the individual micron-sized particles can have a plurality of nano-sized particles present in the micron-sized particles.

The invention provides a method for forming a hydrophobic coating on the surface of a solid substrate, the method comprising: a) applying to the surface a composition comprising hydrophobic nano-sized particles, wherein at least some of the hydrophobic nano-sized particles are particles having at least one fluoro-substituted non-polar group on the surface of the particle; and b) curing the applied composition to form a coating bound to the surface, wherein the nano-sized particles provide the surface of the coating with nano-scale roughness. The method can be used to form a hydrophobic and lyophobic coating on the surface of a textile.

Non-aqueous carrier fluids containing nano-sized particles in high concentration are effective for zone isolation and flow control in water shutoff applications for subterranean formations. The nanoparticles interact with water and solidify it to inhibit its flow, but do not have the same effect on hydrocarbons and thus selectively assist the production of hydrocarbons while suppressing water. Suitable nanoparticles include alkaline earth metal oxides, alkaline earth metal hydroxides, alkali metal oxides, alkali metal hydroxides, transition metal oxides, transition metal hydroxides, post-transition metal oxides, post-transition metal hydroxides, piezoelectric crystals, and / or pyroelectric crystals.

The present invention relates to a method of producing particles having a particle size of less than 100 nm and surface areas of at least 20 m2 / g where the particles are free from agglomeration. The method involves synthesizing the particles within an emulsion having a 1-40% water content to form reverse micelles. In particular, the particles formed are metal oxide particles. The particles can be used to oxidize hydrocarbons, particularly methane.

A magnetically shielded conductor assembly containing a conductor disposed within an insulating matrix, and nanomagentic material and nanoelectrical material disposed around the conductor. The conductor has a resistivity at 20 degrees Centigrade of from about 1 to about 100 microohm-centimeters. The insulating matrix is composed of nano-sized particles having a maximum dimension of from about 10 to about 100 nanometers. The insulating matrix has a resistivity of from about 1,000,000,000 to about 10,000,000,000,000 ohm-centimeter. The nanomagnetic material has an average particle size of less than about 100 nanometers. The nanomagnetic material has a saturation magnetization of from about 200 to about 26,000 Gauss. The magnetically shielded conductor assembly is flexible, having a bend radius of less than 2 centimeters.

The present invention relates to methods and devices for determining the weight of small particles, typically being nano-sized particles by use of resonating fibers in the form of elongate members being driven into resonance by an actuator or e.g. thermal noise / fluctuation. The frequency shift in resonance frequency due to depositing of nano-sized particles is correlated with the mass deposited on the elongate member and the vibration frequency of the elongate member is determined by a detector. The read-out from the detector is transformed into a mass deposited on the elongate member. Particles are deposited by letting a fluid with the particles flow past the elongate member.

A carbon nanotube-based device (40) includes a substrate (10), a number of catalytic nano-sized particles (131) formed on the substrate, and an aligned carbon nanotube array (15) extending from the alloy catalytic nano-sized particles. The aligned carbon nanotube array progressively bends in a predetermined direction. A method for making the carbon nanotube-based device includes the steps of: providing a substrate; depositing a layer of catalyst on the substrate; depositing a layer of catalyst-doped material on the catalyst layer, for varying a reaction rate of synthesis of the aligned carbon nanotube array; annealing the catalyst and the catalyst-doped material in an oxygen-containing gas at a low temperature; and exposing the nano-sized particles and catalyst-doped material to a carbon-containing source gas at a predetermined temperature such that the aligned carbon nanotube array grows from the substrate.

The invention provides a hollow nano-particle comprising a crosslinked shell and a void core; and a preparation method thereof. The hollow nano-particle may be used in rubber composition, tire product, and pharmaceutical delivery system etc.

This invention provides a soluble nano-sized particles formed of a core (water-insoluble lipophilic compound or hydrophilic compound) and an amphiphilic polymer and which demonstrated improved solubility and / or stability. The lipophilic compound within the soluble nano-sized soluble (“solu-nanoparticles”) may consist of pharmaceutical compounds, food additives, cosmetics, agricultural products and veterinary products. The invention also provides novel methods for preparing the nano-sized soluble particles, as well as a novel chemical reactor for manufacturing an inclusion complex comprising the nano-sized soluble particles.

The present invention relates to a composition for coating an organic electrode and method of manufacturing an organic electrode having a excellent transparency using the composition comprising 3% to 20% by weight of a polyhydric alcohol, polyol or a mixture thereof, 5% to 10% by weight of a primary alcohol having C1 to C5, 5% to 25% by weight of a amide, sulfoxide or a mixed solvent thereof, 0.01% to 0.1% by weight of a surfactant and a aqueous solution of polyethylenedioxythiophene (PEDOT) conductive polymers having nano-sized particle in a remainder. The present invention indicates the excellent transparency that transmittance of organic conductive layer is more than 90% in the visible ray area and sheet resistance is 300 to 900 Ω / sq in case of coating. Therefore the present invention is capable of manufacturing the organic electrode such a electrode or a writing material of organic transistor, smart card, antenna, electrode of battery and fuel battery, capacitor using for PCB, inductor, electromagnetic wave cover and a sensor etc. as well as the transparency electrode using for display.

The invention discloses a manufacturing method of a tunable triangular metal nano particle array structure. The method comprises the following steps: (1) selecting a substrate with a suitable model according to the requirement of transmission wavelength, and carrying out cleaning and hydrophiling treatment on the substrate; (2) evenly self-assembling a layer of nano spheres on the surface of the substrate; (3) etching the manufactured self-assembling nano sphere layer by using a reaction ion etcher (RIE) process to change the size of gaps between adjacent nano spheres; (4) self-assembling etched nano spheres to serve as a mould, and filling metals in gaps between adjacent nano spheres; and (5) removing the nano sphere self-assembling layer by using a Lift off process to obtain an array chip in a metal nano structure. The manufactured chip in the metal nano structure has controllable optical property, can be applied to fields such as local surface plasma resonance (LSPR) sensing, surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and the like, and can realize rapid detection of biologic and chemical molecules.

A topically applied sunscreen composition is provided, which by use of nano-sized particles of a physical UV screening agent in a dermatologically acceptable carrier, provides a dermatologically acceptable level of SPF and broad spectrum protection from UVA and UVB radiation, without the need to include chemical UV screening agents in the composition.

The present invention relates to a composition for coating an organic electrode and method of manufacturing an organic electrode having a excellent transparency using the composition comprising 3% to 20% by weight of a polyhydric alcohol, polyol or a mixture thereof, 5% to 10% by weight of a primary alcohol having C1 to C5, 5% to 25% by weight of a amide, sulfoxide or a mixed solvent thereof, 0.01% to 0.1% by weight of a surfactant and a aqueous solution of polyethylenedioxythiophene (PEDOT) conductive polymers having nano-sized particle in a remainder. The present invention indicates the excellent transparency that transmittance of organic conductive layer is more than 90% in the visible ray area and sheet resistance is 300 to 900 Ω / sq in case of coating. Therefore the present invention is capable of manufacturing the organic electrode such a electrode or a writing material of organic transistor, smart card, antenna, electrode of battery and fuel battery, capacitor using for PCB, inductor, electromagnetic wave cover and a sensor etc. as well as the transparency electrode using for display.

Special liquid droplet targets that are irradiated by a high power laser and are plasmarized to form a point source EUV, XUV and x-ray source. Various types of liquid droplet targets include metallic solutions, and nano-sized particles in solutions having a melting temperature lower than the melting temperature of some or all of the constituent metals, used a laser point source target droplets. The solutions have no damaging debris and can produce plasma emissions in the X-rays, XUV, and EUV(extreme ultra violet) spectral ranges of approximately 0.1 nm to approximately 100 nm, approximately 11.7 nm and 13 nm, approximately 0.5 nm to approximately 1.5 nm, and approximately 2.3 nm to approximately 4.5 nm. The second type of target consists of various types of liquids which contain as a miscible fluid various nano-size particles of different types of metals and non-metal materials.

The present invention provides a structured, nano-composite, dielectric film. The invention also provides a method for producing the thin composite film. The composite material comprises ceramic dielectric particles, preferably nano-sized particles, and a thermoset polymer system. The composite material exhibits a high energy density.

The invention relates to a method for preparing natural material inorganic nanoparticle composite nano-fiber through electrostatic spinning, which comprises steps that a template is added into diluted aqueous alkali, the mixture is heated to 80-90 DEG C through an oil bath, mixed for 1-10 hours, gradually added with tetraethyl orthosilicate, centrifugally washed by deionized water and absolute ethyl alcohol sequentially, and dried and reflowed in HCL-ethanol mixed liquor to remove the template, so freeze dried mesoporous silicon is obtained; and natural materials are dissolved in the solvent to prepare the natural material solution, the mesoporous silicon is added into the natural material solution for electrostatic spinning, fumigating and crosslinking are carried out for 0-48 hours, so the natural material mesoporous silicon composite nano-fiber is obtained. The natural material inorganic nanoparticle composite nano-fiber which is prepared by the method has good biocompatibility, a simple preparation method and moderate reaction conditions, is low in experimental raw material price, has high drug-loading rate, can be controlled to be released for a long term, and can be applied in the biomedicine and tissue regeneration fields of growth factor and gene release of tissue engineering, cancer treatment and the like.

A cement additive, comprising nanostructured or not particles of and at least one additive selected from the group consisting of nano-sized particles of SiO2, 2CaO.SiO2, 3CaO.SiO2, Al2O3, P—Ca and / or combinations thereof.

A carbon nanotube film is disclosed which includes a plurality of macroscopically aligned carbon nanotubes, and a plurality of nanoparticles which are adhered to the surfaces of the carbon nanotubes. A method for constructing a carbon nanotube film is also disclosed. This method includes multiple steps. First, a plurality of macroscopically aligned carbon nanotubes are formed on a substrate. Next, a solution including a dispersion of nanoparticles in a solvent is applied onto the carbon nanotubes. Then, the solvent is evaporated so that the nanoparticles remain and are adhered to the carbon nanotubes.

The invention discloses a method for preparing a gold nano particle and grapheme composite material through fast reduction. The method specifically comprises the steps of 1, preparing reduced grapheme oxide water solution by taking sodium borohydride as a reducer; 2, adding gold chloride acid in the reduced grapheme oxide water solution, and obtaining the gold nano particle and grapheme composite material in an in-situ reduction way by utilizing the reducibility of the grapheme through ultrasonic action under normal temperature; 3, centrifugally washing the obtained solution by using de-ionized water for multiple times so as to obtain the gold nano particle and grapheme composite material of which the dimension is uniform and the distribution is uniform. The method disclosed by the invention has the advantages that the technology is simple, the preparation period is short, the repeatability is strong, environment protection is realized, and a composite product is uniform and stable; the prepared gold nano particle and grapheme composite material has good stability in water solution and is not easy to reunite, and meanwhile, the method has the characteristics of multiple reaction active sites, large specific surface area, good biocompatibility, electric conduction and the like; the method has a wide application prospect in aspects of catalyzing, sensing, environment protection, SERS (Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering) and the like.

A braze material (10) including nano-sized filler material particles (14). The nano-sized particles will melt at a temperature significantly lower than the micron-sized particles used in prior art braze materials, thereby eliminating or reducing the need for the addition of temperature depressant materials such as boron or silicon. The resulting braze joint is substantially free of detrimental boride and suicides phases, thereby improving the material properties of the joint, eliminating the need for a separate post-braze diffusion heat treatment, and permitting a subsequent welding operation with reduced risk of cracking. The braze heat treatment may also function as a solution heat treatment, a pre-weld heat treatment or a post-weld heat treatment.

A nanoparticle for conductive ink including a ferromagnetic core and a conductive layer surrounding the ferromagnetic core. The ferromagnetic core is 5 to 40 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the nanoparticles. The conductive ink provides electrical reliability by allowing a uniform distribution of nanoparticles in ejected ink and prevents the coffee stain phenomenon and migration.

In one embodiment of the present invention, inert nano-sized particles having dimensions from 1 nm to 1,000 nm are added into a solder ball. The inert nano-sized particles may comprise metal oxides, metal nitrides, metal carbides, metal borides, etc. The inert nano-sized particles may be a single compound, or may be a metallic material having a coating of a different material. In another embodiment of the present invention, a small quantity of at least one elemental metal that forms stable high melting intermetallic compound with tin is added to a solder ball. The added at least one elemental metal forms precipitates of intermetallic compounds with tin, which are dispersed as fine particles in the solder.

Nano-sized particles are provided comprising at least one multi-headed amphiphilic compound, in which at least one headgroup of said multi-headed amphiphilic compound is selectively cleavable or contains a selectively cleavable group, and at least one biologically active agent, which is both encapsulated within the nano-particle and non-covalently associated thereto.

The present invention relates to novel formulations comprising a plurality of nano-sized solid particles and a gel-forming system, useful, e.g. for imaging of the body of a mammal. Also described are kits comprising such formulations and imaging methods utilizing such formulations or kits.

The invention discloses Cu2O ultra-fine nano-particles and self-assembly nanospheres as well as a preparation method thereof, relating to the preparation method of the nano-particles. A whole reaction mixed liquid is divided into two phases through regulating the proportion of each substance in a reaction system, wherein one phase contains metal salt while the other phase contains a reducing agent. The metal salt is released to the phase containing the reducing agent, and contacted with the reducing agent at a part close to the interface of two phases to carry out reduction reaction, and the release action and a protecting agent in the reaction system commonly act in the whole reaction system so as to achieve the aim of controlling the appearances and the sizes of the product Cu2O ultra-fine nano-particles. The Cu2O ultra-fine nano-particles can be prepared by using the release method; if the reaction mixed liquid containing the Cu2O ultra-fine nano-particles continuously keeps the temperature for certain time at certain temperature, Cu2O self-assembly nanospheres with larger particle sizes formed by self-assembling the Cu2O ultra-fine nano-particles are prepared due to the Ostwald maturating action.