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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182950 | Metal oxide electrocatalyst, use thereof, and process for producing metal oxide electrocatalysts A metal oxide electrode catalyst which includes a metal oxide (Y) obtained by heat treating a metal compound (X) under an oxygen-containing atmosphere. The valence of the metal in the metal compound (X) is smaller than the valence of the metal in the metal oxide (Y)... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8137654 | Method of roasting material containing at least one of V, Mo and Ni and rotary kiln for roasting the same Provided is a roasting method capable of reducing both C and S components in minerals down to 0.5% or less, respectively, and securing a yield ratio of 90% or more for the Mo component. In a rotary kiln 7, a V, Mo and Ni containing material containing C and S... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8097233 | Synthesis of nanoparticles by laser pyrolysis The present invention relates to the synthesis of nanoparticles by laser hydrolysis. For this purpose, a precursor interacts with a laser beam (LAS) in a pyrolysis reactor (REAC) for producing nanoparticles (nP), characterized in that the precursor is firstly in the... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8075867 | Method for manufacturing a nanoporous framework and a nanoporous framework thus produced The invention concerns a method for manufacturing nanoporous metal oxide or metal active sites frameworks in which the metal oxide precursor is distributed into the framework in the form of a metal soap surfactant. The invention also covers a nanostructure fr... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8066969 | Preparation method of magnetic and metal oxide nanoparticles This invention relates, in general, to a method of producing magnetic oxide nanoparticles or metal oxide nanoparticles and, more particularly, to a method of producing magnetic or metal oxide nanoparticles, which comprises (1) adding a magnetic or metal precursor to... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8038979 | Metal oxide nano powder and manufacturing method of the same Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a metal oxide nano powder comprising preparing a first dispersed solution by adding a nano-sized metal powder to water and dispersing the metal powder within the water, performing a hydration reaction of the first dispersed sol... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8029761 | Surface-treated metal oxide particles The invention provides surface-treated metal oxide particles. The surface-treated metal oxide particles have specific ratios of (1) the integrated area of the resonance signals with chemical shifts in the range from −4 ppm to −33 ppm to the integrated area of th... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8007758 | Metal delivery system for nanoparticle manufacture Described is a method for the production of pure or mixed metal oxides, wherein at least one metal precursor that is a metal carboxylate with a mean carbon value per carboxylate group of at least 3, e.g. the 2-ethyl hexanoic acid salt, is formed into droplets and e.... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7922994 | Method for preparing metal oxide particles with a controlled size A method for preparing metal oxide particles having a primary particle size on the order of nanometers is provided. The method comprises subjecting a metal ion present in an aqueous solution and an amino alcohol to an initial stage of reaction with each other at nor... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7901656 | Metal oxide-containing nanoparticles The present invention provides a copper oxide-containing composition that includes copper oxide nanoparticles and one or more heteroatom donor ligands bonded to the surface of the nanoparticles, where x and y are numbers having a ratio that is equal to the ratio of ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901657 | Amphiphilic nanoparticles The invention relates to amphiphilic, nanoscalar particles comprising lipophilic hydrolyzable groups on their surface. The invention also relates to methods for producing amphiphilic, nanoscalar particles and to compositions containing said particles. ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7867471 | Process for preparing advanced ceramic powders using onium dicarboxylates A process of producing a ceramic powder including providing a plurality of precursor materials in solution, wherein each of the plurality of precursor materials in solution further comprises at least one constituent ionic species of a ceramic powder, combining the p... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7820136 | Process for production of compound oxides To provide a process for production of compound oxides having homogeneously diffused and mixed elements, there is provided a process for production of compound oxides, comprising contacting an organic phase having dissolved therein an organic compound which produces... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7811545 | Process for large-scale production of monodisperse nanoparticles The present invention is directed to a process for making nanoparticles of metals, metal alloys, metal oxides and multi-metallic oxides, which comprises the steps of reacting a metal salt dissolved in water with an alkali metal salt of C4-25 carboxylic ac... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7807128 | Process for preparing multimetallic anionic clays and products thereof Multimetallic anionic clays (MACs) are prepared using economical raw materials or reactants and a procedure for obtaining a series of multimetallic mixed oxides derived from the thermal decomposition of the MACs which comprises: (1) dissolving water-soluble bimetall... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7803347 | Organically modified fine particles A technique for bonding an organic group with the surface of fine particles such as nanoparticles through strong linkage is provided, whereas such fine particles are attracting attention as materials essential for development of high-tech products because of various... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7785560 | Purification of finely divided, pyrogenically prepared metal oxide particles Process for removing halide compounds adhering to finely divided metal oxide particles by means of steam, wherein the metal oxide particles are applied to the upper part of an upright column and migrate downwards by means of gravity, the steam is applied at the bott... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7740828 | Process for preparing multimetallic anionic clays and products thereof Multimetallic anionic clays (MACs) are prepared using economical raw materials or reactants and a procedure for obtaining a series of multimetallic mixed oxides derived from the thermal decomposition of the MACs which comprises: (1) dissolving water-soluble bimetall... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7622098 | Method for producing nano-particles of metal oxide Method for producing nano-particles includes vaporizing a precursor material to produce a vapor, directing the vapor into an isolation chamber, combining a quench fluid in a gaseous state with a quench fluid in a liquid state to form a quench fluid stream, contactin... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7615206 | Methods of fabricating nanoscale-to-microscale structures Methods for the production of shaped nanoscale-to-microscale structures, wherein a nanoscale-to-microscale template is provided having an original chemical composition and an original shape, and the nanoscale-to-microscale template subjected to a chemical reaction, ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7601324 | Method for synthesizing metal oxide The method for synthesizing metal oxide nanopowder produces powders of nanoparticle size from metals having relatively low boiling temperatures, such as zinc, tellurium, bismuth, and strontium by vapor-phase oxidation using a conventional 2.45 GHz microwave oven. Th... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7597873 | Process and apparatus for the recovery of metal oxide particles A process for the recovery of metal oxides from a solution containing metallic salts by spray roasting of these solutions. The process is particularly suitable for spray roasting spent pickling acids. The process feeds the solution to a reactor for spray roasting of... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7582276 | Nanoscale rutile or anatase oxide and method for producing same The invention relates to nanoscale rutile or oxide powder that is obtained by producing amorphous TiO2 by mixing an alcoholic solution with a titanium alcoholate and with an aluminum alcohalate and adding water and acid. The amorphous, aluminum-containing... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7566436 | Counter current mixing reactor A mixing reactor for mixing efficiently streams of fluids of differing densities. In a preferred embodiment, one of the fluids is supercritical water, and the other is an aqueous salt solution. Thus, the reactor enables the production of metal oxide nanoparticles as... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7553474 | Method for producing metal oxide sol It is an object to provide a method for producing stable alkaline metal oxide sols having a uniform particle size distribution. The method comprises the steps of: heating a metal compound at a temperature of 60° C. to 110° C. in an aqueous medium that contains a c... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7547431 | High purity nanoscale metal oxide powders and methods to produce such powders A method of producing high purity nanoscale powders in which the purity of powders produced by the method exceeds 99.99%. Fine powders produced are of size preferably less than 1 micron, and more preferably less than 100 nanometers. Methods for producing such powder... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7534414 | Clathrate compounds and method of manufacturing The present invention comprises new materials, material structures, and processes of fabrication of such that may be used in technologies involving the conversion of light to electricity and/or heat to electricity, and in optoelectronics technologies. The present in... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7488464 | Metal oxide processing methods and systems Methods and systems for processing metal oxides from metal containing solutions. Metal containing solutions are mixed with heated aqueous oxidizing solutions and processed in a continuous process reactor or batch processing system. Combinations of temperature, press... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7432015 | Negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, a method of preparing the same, and a rechargeable lithium battery comprising the same The negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery of the present invention includes a carbonaceous material and a silicon-based compound represented by Formula 1: Si(1-y)MyO1+x (1) where 0 | 10/07/2008 |
| 7419529 | Method of forming fine particle array on substrate and semiconductor element An object of the present invention is to provide a method of forming fine particles on a substrate in which reoxidization of reduced fine particles is suppressed. Reduced fine particles (FeO fine particles) are formed by embedding metal oxide fine particles (Fe... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7413724 | Method for producing nano-particles from a precursor material Method for producing nano-particles from a precursor material. One embodiment of the method comprises vaporizing the precursor material to produce a vapor, directing the vapor into an isolation chamber, contacting the vapor contained in the isolation chamber with a ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7393516 | Preparation of metal chalcogenides from reactions of metal compounds and chalcogen A method of preparing metal chalcogenides from elemental metal or metal compounds has the following steps: providing at least one elemental metal or metal compound; providing at least one element from periodic table groups 13-15; providing at least one chalcogen; an... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393517 | Shaped microcomponents via reactive conversion of synthetic microtemplates The purpose of the present invention is to describe a novel approach for converting 3-dimensional, synthetic micro- and nano-templates into different materials with a retention of shape/dimensions and morphological features. The ultimate objective of this approach i... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7381496 | Lithium metal oxide materials and methods of synthesis and use A composition having a formula LixMgyNiO2 wherein 0.9 | 06/03/2008 |
| 7371706 | Catalyst for removing hydrocarbons from exhaust gas and method for purification of exhaust gas A catalyst for removing hydrocarbons from exhaust gas containing methane and an excess of oxygen, which comprises palladium or palladium/platinum supported on at least one carrier selected from zirconia, sulfated zirconia and tungsten-zirconia, and a method for trea... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365289 | Production of nanostructures by curie point induction heating An apparatus for synthesizing nanostructures. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a heating device that defines a reaction zone therein and a susceptor made of a ferromagnetic material with a Curie temperature and placed in the reaction zone, where the Curie t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357910 | Method for producing metal oxide nanoparticles Method for producing metal oxide nanoparticles. The method includes generating an aerosol of solid metallic microparticles, generating plasma with a plasma hot zone at a temperature sufficiently high to vaporize the microparticles into metal vapor, and directing the... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354733 | Method for sorting and separating living cells We disclose methods of sorting or separating mixtures of living cells (e.g., eukaryotic, prokaryotic, mammalian, pathogenic, bacterial, viral, etc.). We perform our methods by activating cell-selective photophoric labels, which photosensitize and chemically reduce a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347983 | Mg2MM'o 6+x, (M=Y, rare earth metal and M'=SN, OR Zr) dielectric ceramics Complex ceramic oxides of the general formula Mg2MM′O6+x where M=Rare metal ion or Yttrium or Lanthanum and M′=Sn, Sb, Zr, Hf, Ta, and Nb; and where −0.5 | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338647 | Synthesis of cathode active materials The present invention relates to a method for preparing an electroactive metal polyanion or a mixed metal polyanion comprising forming a slurry comprising a polymeric material, a solvent, a polyanion source or alkali metal polyanion source and at least one metal ion... | 03/04/2008 |
