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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2010
Brant U. Kolb, Afton, MN (US);
Mark J. Hendrickson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
James P. Mathers, Woodbury, MN (US);
Kathleen M. Humpal, Stillwater, MN (US);
Neeraj Sharma, Woodbury, MN (US);
Myles L. Brostrom, West Lakeland Township, MN (US);
Brant U. Kolb, Afton, MN (US);
Mark J. Hendrickson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
James P. Mathers, Woodbury, MN (US);
Kathleen M. Humpal, Stillwater, MN (US);
Neeraj Sharma, Woodbury, MN (US);
Myles L. Brostrom, West Lakeland Township, MN (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Zirconia-based particles, sols containing the zirconia-based particles, methods of making the sols and the zirconia-based particles, composites containing the zirconia-based particles in an organic matrix, and sintered bodies prepared from the zirconia-based particles are described. The zirconia-based particles are crystalline, have a primary particles size no greater than 100 nanometers, and are doped with a lanthanide element or with both a lanthanide element and yttrium.