Eastman-kodak Company

William C Lenhart

Seshadri Jagannathan

David John Nelson

Ramesh Jagannathan

Glen C Irvin, Jr

Suresh Sunderrajan

David D Tuschel

A process for the preparation of nanoscale particulate material is described comprising: (i) combining one or more functional material to be precipitated as nanoscale particles and one or more surface active material in a compressed COphase with a density of at least 0.1 g/cc, where the functional material is substantially insoluble in the compressed COin the absence of the surfactant, the surfactant comprises a compressed CO-philic portion and a functional material-philic portion, and the compressed COphase, functional material and surfactant interact to form an aggregated system having a continuous compressed COphase and a plurality of aggregates comprising surfactant and functional material molecules of average diameter less than 10 nanometers dispersed therein; and (ii) rapidly depressurizing the compressed COphase thereby precipitating the dispersed functional and surfactant materials in the form of composite particles of average diameter from 0.5 to less than 10 nanometers.

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Hamlin, NY, United States of America

William C Lenhart