E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company

Douglas Eric Spahr

Allan Blase Joseph Rodrigues

Ken Stephen Schermacher

Anthony Joseph Martino

Mark David Wetzel

Austin Henry Reid, Jr

John W Paul

Timothy Aaron Snyder

Scott Rickbeil Frerichs

William Harvey Morrison, Jr

Christina Troeltzsch

The disclosure is directed to a method for reducing the chemical activity and photo activity of titanium dioxide nanoparticles comprising adding an amorphous alumina-stabilizing agent, specifically an anion, such as citric acid, to an aqueous slurry of the titanium dioxide nanoparticles; treating the aqueous slurry with a source of alumina, such as a solution of sodium aluminate, to form alumina-treated titanium dioxide nanoparticles; recovering the alumina-treated inorganic nanoparticles, wherein the nanoparticles have a particle size of about 50 to about 300 nm; and milling the nanoparticles to form nanoparticles having a particle size about 15% smaller than silica-treated inorganic nanoparticles milled under similar conditions. The titanium dioxide nanoparticles described herein are useful in cosmetic, coating and thermoplastic compositions.

Lower-energy process for preparing passivated inorganic nanoparticles

Disclosed is a composition comprising or produced from nanoparticle-sized TiO, an ethylene copolymer or ionomer of the ethylene copolymer, and optionally a second polymer. Also disclosed are films and other shaped articles produced therefrom. The composition, possessing a UV light barrier, can be used to protect the products that may be susceptible to UV such as foodstuffs.

Composition comprising nanoparticle TiO2 and ethylene copolymer

An improved process for making pigment dispersions containing a single pigment that match the tinting strength of a standard dispersion. The process employs a faster and more accurate wet measurement technique for analyzing and matching the dispersions to a standard that utilizes the spectral transmittance of the wet dispersions over the visible spectrum.

Process for manufacturing pigment dispersions

A rapid process for making transparent tints that match the color and tinting strength of a standard tint. The process involves the use of a faster and more accurate shading technique that utilizes the light transmittance properties of the tints in the wet over the visible spectrum and calculates therefrom the amount of components required to bring the tint within an acceptable match to the standard.

Process for manufacturing transparent tints

Growing community of inventors

Wilmington, DE, United States of America

Douglas Eric Spahr