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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Inventors:
Vikas Nandwana, Evanston, IL (US);
Vinayak P. Dravid, Glenview, IL (US);
Assignee:
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 32/19 (2017.01); C01G 39/06 (2006.01); C01G 49/08 (2006.01); C12N 9/04 (2006.01); G01N 21/77 (2006.01); C01B 19/00 (2006.01); B82Y 15/00 (2011.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 32/19 (2017.08); C01B 19/007 (2013.01); C01G 39/06 (2013.01); C01G 49/08 (2013.01); C12N 9/0006 (2013.01); G01N 21/77 (2013.01); B82Y 15/00 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); C01P 2004/64 (2013.01); C01P 2004/80 (2013.01); C12Y 101/03004 (2013.01); G01N 2021/7756 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods for making nanocomposites are provided. In an embodiment, such a method comprises combining a first type of nanostructure with a bulk material in water or an aqueous solution, the first type of nanostructure functionalized with a functional group capable of undergoing van der Waals interactions with the bulk material, whereby the first type of nanostructure induces exfoliation of the bulk material to provide a second, different type of nanostructure while inducing association between the first and second types of nanostructures to form the nanocomposite.