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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nagaraja P Rao, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Steven L Girshick, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Peter H McMurry, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Joachim V Heberlein, North Oaks, MN (US);
Assignee:
Regents of The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427446 ; 427452 ; 427562 ; 427563 ; 427569 ; 427578 ; 427421 ; 427427 ; 118302 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for the controlled synthesis and assembly of nanoparticles into nanostructured materials, including nanocomposites, includes a source of nanoparticles and a hypersonic impaction apparatus. The nanoparticles are impacted on a substrate through hypersonic impaction to thereby provide nanostructured materials as well as nanophase materials.