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US 9,260,305 B2Granted
Stable complexes of zero-valent metallic element and hydride as novel reagents
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorMichael P. Rowe
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Abstract
A composition and its method of production are provided. The composition includes at least one zero-valent metallic element atom in complex with at least one hydride molecule. The method of production includes ball-milling an elemental metal in a high-surface area form, with a hydride. The composition can be useful as a reagent for the synthesis of zero-valent metallic elemental nanoparticles.
Claims20
A reagent complex comprising a complex according to Formula I,
- E0.Xy I,
- wherein E0 is a zero-valent metallic element selected from any of Groups 2-15 of the periodic table and having oxidation state zero;
- X is any of a binary metalloid hydride, a complex metal hydride, and a complex metalloid hydride;
- and y is an integral or fractional value greater than zero.
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A method for synthesizing a reagent complex, comprising:
- ball-milling a mixture which includes both a hydride and a preparation containing a zero-valent metallic element;
- and
- producing a reagent complex according to a formula:
- E0.Xy
- wherein E0 is a zero-valent metallic element selected from any of Groups 2-15 of the periodic table and having oxidation state zero;
- X is any of a binary metalloid hydride, a complex metal hydride, and a complex metalloid hydride;
- and y is an integral or fractional value greater than zero.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.