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US 8,816,115 B2Granted
Metal nanoparticles
AssigneeMeridian Research and Development
InventorsRonald F. DeMeo, James Adam Bradshaw, Federico Polo
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Abstract
Provided herein are metal nanoparticles, metal nanopowders, methods of synthesizing the same, and radiation shields using the same.
Claims23
A method of making tungsten nanoparticles comprising:
- (a) contacting tungsten with a diazonium compound substituted with an organic substituent;
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- (b) allowing the tungsten to react with the diazonium compound thereby forming tungsten nanoparticles wherein each of said tungsten nanoparticles comprises a tungsten core bonded to an outer layer of said organic substituent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.