Nanoparticle synthesis apparatus
AssigneesNihon Spindle Manufacturing Co., Ltd., University of Hyogo
InventorsKeiichi Asami, Keiichiro Onishi, Yoshihiro Oka
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Abstract
Nanoparticles are synthesized by suctioning a liquid under a negative pressure with a negative-pressure suction force caused by the rotation of a rotary blade, causing cavitation by stirring the suctioned liquid by the rotary blade, generating plasma generated by a plasma generation mechanism in air bubbles generated in the liquid, and in that case, consuming an electrode containing elements constituting the nanoparticles to be synthesized.
Claims7
A nanoparticle synthesis apparatus that generates plasma by a plasma generation mechanism in a liquid, thereby synthesizing nanoparticles in the liquid, the nanoparticle synthesis apparatus comprising:
- a suction stirring pump that suctions the liquid under a negative pressure with a negative-pressure suction force caused by the rotation of a rotary blade and stirs the suctioned liquid by the rotary blade, thereby causing cavitation;
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- a plasma generation mechanism that generates plasma in air bubbles generated in the liquid by the cavitation,
- wherein elements constituting the nanoparticles to be synthesized are contained in an electrode of the plasma generation mechanism.
A nanoparticle synthesis apparatus that generates plasma by a plasma generation mechanism in a liquid, thereby synthesizing nanoparticles in the liquid, the nanoparticle synthesis apparatus comprising:
- a flow speed application mechanism that applies a flow speed to the liquid;
- an obstacle that is installed in a flow passage for the liquid having the flow speed applied thereto by the flow speed application mechanism, thereby causing cavitation in the liquid having the flow speed applied thereto;
- a plasma generation mechanism that generates plasma in air bubbles generated in the liquid by the cavitation,
- wherein elements constituting the nanoparticles to be synthesized are contained in an electrode of the plasma generation mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.