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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2016
The Government of the United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);
Albert Epshteyn, College Park, MD (US);
Zachary J. Huba, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Abstract
A nanoparticle of a decomposition product of a transition metal aluminum hydride compound, a transition metal borohydride compound, or a transition metal gallium hydride compound. A process of: reacting a transition metal salt with an aluminum hydride compound, a borohydride compound, or a gallium hydride compound to produce one or more of the nanoparticles. The reaction occurs in solution while being sonicated at a temperature at which the metal hydride compound decomposes. A process of: reacting a nanoparticle with a compound containing at least two hydroxyl groups to form a coating having multi-dentate metal-alkoxides.