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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023
Filed:
May. 01, 2020
Applicant:
Uti Limited Partnership, Calgary, CA;
Inventors:
Elsayed Abdelfatah, Calgary, CA;
Steven Bryant, Calgary, CA;
Assignee:
UTI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Calgary, CA;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 33/18 (2006.01); C01G 49/08 (2006.01); C01B 33/12 (2006.01); C09C 1/56 (2006.01); C01B 32/914 (2017.01); C01B 32/174 (2017.01); B22F 1/0545 (2022.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 33/18 (2013.01); B22F 1/0545 (2022.01); C01B 32/174 (2017.08); C01B 32/914 (2017.08); C01B 33/12 (2013.01); C01G 49/08 (2013.01); C09C 1/56 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); C01P 2004/64 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods are disclosed for dispersing nanoparticles in solvents, involving the use of a cationic species and an anionic species, where at least one of the ionic species is soluble in the nonpolar solvent and the other ionic species has a relatively strong affinity for the surface of the nanoparticles. The cationic species and the anionic species together form a cluster of ion pairs shielding the nanoparticles and enhancing their dispersibility in the nonpolar solvent.