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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2006
Robert Pfeffer, Fort Lee, NJ (US);
Caroline H. Nam, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
Rajesh N. Dave, Short Hills, NJ (US);
Guangliang Liu, Wilmington, DE (US);
Jose A. Quevedo, Brick, NJ (US);
Qun Yu, South Bound Brook, NJ (US);
Chao Zhu, Edison, NJ (US);
Robert Pfeffer, Fort Lee, NJ (US);
Caroline H. Nam, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
Rajesh N. Dave, Short Hills, NJ (US);
Guangliang Liu, Wilmington, DE (US);
Jose A. Quevedo, Brick, NJ (US);
Qun Yu, South Bound Brook, NJ (US);
Chao Zhu, Edison, NJ (US);
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ (US);
Abstract
With the coupling of an external field and aeration (or a flow of another gas), nanoparticles can be smoothly and vigorously fluidized. A magnetic force and/or pre-treatment may be employed with the fluidizing gas and, when coupled with a fluidizing medium, provide excellent means for achieving homogenous nanofluidization. The magnetic force interacts with non-fluidizing magnetic particles and helps to break channels as well as provide enough energy to disrupt the strong interparticle forces, thereby establishing an advantageous agglomerate size distribution. Enhanced fluidization is reflected by improved performance-related attributes. The fluidized nanoparticles may be coated, surface-treated and/or surface-modified in the fluidized state. In addition, the fluidized nanoparticles may participate in a reaction, either as a reactant or a catalyst, while in the fluidized state.