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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Reshef Tenne, Rehovot, IL;
Lev Rapoport, Lod, IL;
Mark Lvovsky, Herzliya, IL;
Yishay Feldman, Ashdod, IL;
Volf Leshchinsky, Rishon Letzion, IL;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/26 ; C10M / ; C22C 3/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/26 ; C10M / ; C22C 3/200 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a new composite material comprising a porous matrix made of metal, metal alloy or semiconducting material and hollow fullerene-like nanoparticles of a metal chalcogenide compound or mixture of such compounds. The composite material is characterized by having a porosity between about 10% and about 40%. The amount of the hallow nanoparticles in the composite material is 1-20 wt. %.