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US 9,028,957 B2Granted
Metal silicate nanosheets, methods of making metal silicate nanosheets, and methods of use
AssigneeUniversity of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsTina T. Salguero, Darrah Johnson-McDaniel, Christopher A. Barrett
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the preparation of colloidal dispersions or suspensions of inorganic materials with nano-sized and nano-structured morphologies, preferably the nanosheet form, compositions produced by this method, and the like.
Claims11
A composition, comprising:
- a metal silicate material having the dimensions of a nanosheet that is 1 to 10 monolayers thick and has one or two lateral dimensions of about 100 nm to 100 μm, wherein the metal silicate material is selected from the group consisting of:
- an alkaline earth copper silicate, a gillespite series silicate, and the metal silicate material has the following formula:
- A1-xCxB1-yDySi4O10, where A=Ca, Sr, Ba;
- C=Zn, Ti, lanthanide element;
- 0≦x≦1;
- B=Cu, Cr, Fe;
- D=alkali metal;
- and 0≦y≦1.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.