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US 2006/0130609 A1Published application
Highly aromatic compounds and polymers as precursors to carbon nanotube and metal nanoparticle compositions in shaped solids
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsTeddy Keller, Matthew Laskoski
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Abstract
A method of making metal nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes is disclosed. A mixture of a transition metal compound and an aromatic polymer, a precursor of an aromatic polymer, or an aromatic monomer is heated to form a metal nanoparticle composition, optionally containing carbon nanotubes.
Claims25
A process comprising the step of:
- heating a mixture of a transition metal compound and a material selected from the group consisting of an aromatic polymer, a precursor of an aromatic polymer, and an aromatic monomer under conditions effective to form a metal nanoparticle composition comprising metal nanoparticles.
A composition made by a process comprising the step of:
- heating a mixture of a transition metal compound and a material selected from the group consisting of an aromatic polymer, a precursor of an aromatic polymer, and an aromatic monomer under conditions effective to form a composition comprising metal nanoparticles.
A mixture comprising:
- a transition metal compound;
- and
- a material selected from the group consisting of an aromatic polymer, a precursor of an aromatic polymer, and an aromatic monomer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.