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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2008
Claudia Luhrs, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Jonathan Phillips, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Monique N. Richard, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Claudia Luhrs, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Jonathan Phillips, Rio Rancho, NM (US);
Monique N. Richard, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
STC.UNM, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a process for making a composite material that contains core-shell structured nanoparticles. The process includes providing a precursor in the form of a powder a liquid and/or a vapor of a liquid that contains a core material and a shell material, and suspending the precursor in an aerosol gas to produce an aerosol containing the precursor. In addition, the process includes providing a plasma that has a hot zone and passing the aerosol through the hot zone of the plasma. As the aerosol passes through the hot zone of the plasma, at least part of the core material and at least part of the shell material in the aerosol is vaporized. Vapor that contains the core material and the shell material that has been vaporized is removed from the hot zone of the plasma and allowed to condense into core-shell structured nanoparticles.