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US 11,993,850 B2Granted
Three-dimensional laser-assisted printing of structures from nanoparticles
AssigneeThe Curators of the University of Missouri
InventorsHeng Pan, Chinmoy Podder, Wan Shou, Xiaowei Yu
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing a component comprising bombarding nanoparticles in a dispersion with a laser to transform the ligand and cause the nanoparticles to drop out of the dispersion and deposit onto a substrate; and bombarding additional nanoparticles in the dispersion with the laser to transform the ligand and cause the nanoparticles to drop out of the dispersion and deposit onto the nanoparticles previously deposited out of the dispersion.
Claims23
A method for manufacturing a metal-containing component comprising:
- bombarding nanoparticles comprising metal nanoparticles and a ligand complexed therewith in a dispersion with a laser to transform the ligand and cause the metal nanoparticles to drop out of the dispersion and deposit onto a substrate;
- and
- bombarding additional nanoparticles in the dispersion with the laser to transform the ligand and cause the metal nanoparticles to drop out of the dispersion and deposit onto the metal nanoparticles previously deposited out of the dispersion.
A method for manufacturing a component comprising:
- bombarding nanoparticles and a ligand complexed therewith in a dispersion with a laser to transform the ligand and cause the nanoparticles to drop out of the dispersion and deposit onto a substrate;
- and
- bombarding additional nanoparticles in the dispersion with the laser to transform the ligand and cause the nanoparticles to drop out of the dispersion and deposit onto the nanoparticles previously deposited out of the dispersion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.