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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2024

Filed:

May. 10, 2019
Applicants:

Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);

South Dakota School of Mines, Rapid City, SD (US);

Inventors:

G. P. “Bud” Peterson, Atlanta, GA (US);

Haiping Hong, Rapid City, SD (US);

Assignees:

Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);

South Dakota School of Mines, Rapid City, SD (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 32/174 (2017.01); B22F 1/0545 (2022.01); B22F 1/107 (2022.01); B33Y 40/10 (2020.01); B33Y 70/10 (2020.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 32/174 (2017.08); B22F 1/0545 (2022.01); B22F 1/107 (2022.01); B22F 2301/058 (2013.01); B22F 2301/10 (2013.01); B22F 2301/255 (2013.01); B22F 2302/40 (2013.01); B22F 2998/10 (2013.01); B22F 2999/00 (2013.01); B33Y 40/10 (2020.01); B33Y 70/10 (2020.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01); C01B 2202/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method of homogeneously mixing solids, comprising: mixing, in a fluid medium, at least a first nanoparticle material and a surfactant, wherein the surfactant causes the first nanoparticle material to distribute uniformly in the fluid medium and have a specific charge; adding, to the fluid medium, a second nanoparticle material, wherein the surfactant has a charge of opposite polarity to the zeta potential of the second nanoparticle material; attaching the second nanoparticle material to the first nanoparticle material using the charge attraction of the surfactant and the second nanoparticle material to obtain a homogeneous material; and removing the attached first and second nanoparticle materials from the fluid medium to obtain a solid homogeneous material.


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