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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2005
Applicants:
Sophie Cassaignon, Antony, FR;
Jean-pierre Jolivet, Vaugrigneuse, FR;
Magali Koelsch, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, FR;
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a novel form of titanium oxide. The titanium oxide is characterized in that it has the crystallographic structure of rutile with an orthorhombic lattice and a Pnmm space group, it has a platelet morphology, the platelets being of rectangular shape with a length between 3 and 10 nm, a width between 3 and 10 nm and a thickness of less than 1 nm and it has a specific surface area, determined by nitrogen adsorption/desorption, of 100 to 200 m/g. Applications: self-cleaning glazing, photovoltaic cells.