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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
May. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventors:
Hongyou Fan, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Binsong Li, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 3/12 (2006.01); B01J 8/00 (2006.01); B22F 1/00 (2006.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 8/00 (2013.01); B05D 3/12 (2013.01); B22F 1/0018 (2013.01); B22F 2202/00 (2013.01); B22F 2301/255 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a pressure-induced phase transformation process to engineer metal nanoparticle architectures and to fabricate new nanostructured materials. The reversible changes of the nanoparticle unit cell dimension under pressure allow precise control over interparticle separation in 2D or 3D nanoparticle assemblies, offering unique robustness for interrogation of both quantum and classic coupling interactions. Irreversible changes above a threshold pressure of about 8 GPa enables new nanostructures, such as nanorods, nanowires, or nanosheets.