The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2013
Wadham Energy Lp, San Ramon, CA (US);
Mayaterials, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Richard M. Laine, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Julien C. Marchal, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Vera Popova, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David J. Krug, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
WADHAM ENERGY LP, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses glycoxy silanes as a source of silica and silica precipitated by advantageous chemical reactions preferably beginning with biogenic silica. Alkoxy C—O—Sare hydrolyzed in a controlled fashion to nucleate formation of nanoparticles of silica. The growth rate of the particles is controlled by various parameters such that particles of known sizes, size distributions, specific surface areas and pore sizes and size distributions are recovered.