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US 7,582,330 B2Granted
Method for making metallic nanostructures
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Counsel
InventorHassan Sahouani
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Abstract
A method of making metallic nanostructures by mixing (a) an aqueous composition comprising a chromonic material with (b) a metal salt in solution or a suspension of metal particles.
Claims20
A method of making metallic nanostructures comprising mixing (a) an aqueous composition comprising a chromonic material with (b) a metal salt dissolved in solution, and reducing said metal salt so as to form a metallic nanostructure.
A method of making metallic nanostructures comprising (a) applying an aqueous composition comprising a chromonic material to the surface of a substrate;
- and (b) placing the coated surface in contact with a solution comprising a dissolved metal salt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.