Thermal shock synthesis of multielement nanoparticles

A method for manufacturing a formation of multielement nanoparticles comprising:

• Providing a precursor material composed of at least three component elements;
• Heating the precursor material to a temperature and for a time duration;
• and
• Quenching the precursor that has been heated to the temperature and for the time duration to a temperature at a cooling rate,
• wherein the heating of the precursor to a temperature and for a time duration and the quenching of the precursor that has been heated to the temperature and for the time duration to a temperature at a cooling rate result in a formation of multielement nanoparticles containing, as final multielement nanoparticles, at least the at least three component elements of the precursor material,
• the heating and the quenching representing thereby a multielement nanoparticle thermal shock formation process.

A system for manufacturing a formation of multielement nanoparticles comprising:

• A heating chamber enabling heating a precursor composed of at least three component elements to a temperature and for a time duration;
• the heating chamber configured to enable quenching the salt precursor that has been heated to the temperature and for the time duration at a cooling rate,
• wherein the heating of the precursor to a temperature and for a time duration and the quenching of the precursor that has been heated to the temperature and for the time duration at a cooling rate result in a formation of multielement nanoparticles containing, as final multielement nanoparticles, at least the at least three component elements of the precursor,
• the heating and the quenching enabled by the heating chamber enabling thereby a multielement nanoparticle thermal shock formation process to be executed by the system.