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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2005
James H. Adair, University Park, PA (US);
Sarah M. Rouse, University Park, PA (US);
Jun Wang, Northboro, MA (US);
Mark Kester, Hershey, PA (US);
Christopher Siedlecki, Hershey, PA (US);
William B. White, University Park, PA (US);
Erwin Vogler, University Park, PA (US);
Alan Snyder, Hershey, PA (US);
Carlo G. Pantano, University Park, PA (US);
Victor Ruiz-velasco, Hershey, PA (US);
Lawrence Sinoway, Hershey, PA (US);
James H. Adair, University Park, PA (US);
Sarah M. Rouse, University Park, PA (US);
Jun Wang, Northboro, MA (US);
Mark Kester, Hershey, PA (US);
Christopher Siedlecki, Hershey, PA (US);
William B. White, University Park, PA (US);
Erwin Vogler, University Park, PA (US);
Alan Snyder, Hershey, PA (US);
Carlo G. Pantano, University Park, PA (US);
Victor Ruiz-Velasco, Hershey, PA (US);
Lawrence Sinoway, Hershey, PA (US);
The Penn State Research Foundation, University Park, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for the synthesis of unagglomerated, highly dispersed, stable core/shell nanocomposite particles comprised of preparing a reverse micelle microemulsion that contains nanocomposite particles, treating the microemulsion with a silane coupling agent, breaking the microemulsion to form a suspension of the nanocomposite particles by adding an acid/alcohol solution to the microemulsion that maintains the suspension of nanocomposite particles at a pH of between about 6 and 7, and simultaneously washing and dispersing the suspension of nanocomposite particles, preferably with a size exclusion HPLC system modified to ensure unagglomeration of the nanocomposite particles. The primary particle size of the nanocomposite particles can range in diameter from between about 1 to 100 nm, preferably from between about 10 to 50 nm, more preferably about 10 to 20 nm, and most preferably about 20 nm.