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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2010
Applicants:
Hongyou Fan, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Zaicheng Sun, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventors:
Hongyou Fan, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Zaicheng Sun, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of making particles of either spherical or cylindrical geometry with a characteristic diameter less than 50 nanometers by mixing at least one structure directing agent dissolved in a solvent with at least one amphiphilic block copolymer dissolved in a solvent to make a solution containing particles, where the particles can be subsequently separated and dispersed in a solvent of choice.